# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 21 — Special Elections by Mail

### Chapter 08 — Post-Election Activities

**Authority:** Election Law Article, §§2-102, 9-403, 9-501, 9-506, 11-201, and 11-302, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: September 28, 2015 (42:19 Md. R. 1230)

#### Regulation .01 Post-Election Verification and Audit.

*COMAR 33.21.08.01*

A. Purpose. The purpose of the post-election verification and audit program is to:

  (1) Demonstrate and confirm the accuracy of the voting system’s tabulation logic;

  (2) Ensure that each accepted vote-by-mail ballot and provisional ballot met the acceptance criteria and conversely that rejected ballots did not meet the criteria; and

  (3) Confirm that the number of ballots cast in a voting center equals the number of voters who checked in to vote at the voting center;

B. Verification and Audit Program.

  (1) The State Administrator shall establish a post-election verification and audit program for special elections conducted by mail.

  (2) A local board shall perform the post-election verification and audit developed by the State Administrator.

#### Regulation .02 Release of Voting System.

*COMAR 33.21.08.02*

Once secured, as required by COMAR 33.10, no part of the voting system may be released except:

A. As specifically authorized by law; or

B. On the written authorization of the:

  (1) State Administrator for State contests; or

  (2) Election Director for county contests.