Purpose. The purpose of the post-election verification and audit program is to: Demonstrate and confirm the accuracy of the voting system’s tabulation logic; 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 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; Verification and Audit Program. The State Administrator shall establish a post-election verification and audit program for special elections conducted by mail. A local board shall perform the post-election verification and audit developed by the State Administrator. Once secured, as required by COMAR 33.10, no part of the voting system may be released except: As specifically authorized by law; or On the written authorization of the: State Administrator for State contests; or Election Director for county contests. Election Law Article, §§2-102, 9-403, 9-501, 9-506, 11-201, and 11-302, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: September 28, 2015 (42:19 Md. R. 1230)