Election Administration – Absentee Ballot Canvass and Moratorium on Use of Wireless Network
What this bill does
Altering the time that a local board of elections may begin opening absentee ballot envelopes to canvass the absentee ballots cast in an election to before 9 a.m. on the Friday following election day instead of prior to 8 a.m. on the Wednesday following election day; and prohibiting the use of a wireless wide area network to transmit data from certain electronic poll books to the State Board of Elections or the local boards of elections during an election that is held before January 1, 2021.
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Testimony (11)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | shalleck, jim | msbe | Position only |
| FAV | shalleck, jim | msbe | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Mosby, Delegate Mosbylegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | boucher, kathleen | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Kinnally, Kevin | MACo | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Ferraro, Robert | SaveOurVotes.org | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Naimon, David | moco board of elections | Position only |
| FWA | Shalleck, Jim | moco board of elections | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | garlin, lynn | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | eleich, mark | MSBE | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Kopp, Nancy | Maryland State Treasurer | Written (PDF) |