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HB 37

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Election Law – Absentee Voting – References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots

Sponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (District 17)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 36 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Board of Elections and each local board of elections to refer to absentee ballots as 'mail-in' ballots and absentee voting as 'mail-in voting' in all communications; requiring the State Board and each local board to include in public communications a statement that 'mail-in voting' is referred to as absentee voting in the Maryland Constitution, the Annotated Code of Maryland and the Code of Maryland Regulations; making provision for absentee ballots to include prepaid return postage; etc.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBresnahan, TammyAARPWritten (PDF)
FAVBradford, TierralobbyistCommon CauseOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNOVEAU, BARBARADO THE MOST GOOD MONTGOMERY COUNTYWritten (PDF)
FAVEDWARDS, DONNAMD DC AFL CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVMCREYNOLDS, AMBERVOTE AT HOME INSTITUTEPosition only
FAVplante, ceciliamaryland legislative coalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVmcreynolds, ambervote at home instituteWritten (PDF)
FAVBruno, RichardIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPalakovich Carr, DelegateIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVford, janiceIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAOleson, AshleyIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBradford, TierraCommon CauseRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland