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Election Law - Voting Order Priority - Individuals Who Need Extra Assistance

Sponsor: Michele Guyton (District 42B)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a chief election judge to give voting order priority to individuals with certain mobility problems, individuals assisting others who have mobility problems, or an individual accompanied by a child with a disability; authorizing certain individuals to request voting order priority of any election judge serving at a polling place or early voting center; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations regarding methods for providing notice to voters of the option to request voting order priority and training guidelines for judges; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 9Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBresnahan, TammyAARP MDWritten (PDF)
FAVCollins-Ihrke, KatieARI NowPosition only
FAVKing, CrosbyMD ADAPTOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKallins, LaurenMD Association of Community ServicesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWALMSLEY, KEITHlobbyistMD DDCWritten (PDF)
FAVKolp, AndeThe Arc MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Guyton, Delegate GuytonlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVJohns, CoreyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKillgallon, DonIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWALMSLEY, KEITHMD DDCRegistered for: Bank of America Corporation; CarMax, Inc.; Carfax, Inc.; Christiana Care; Consumer Data Industry Association; Fiserv