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HB 568

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Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting

Sponsor: Delegate MosbyCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each correctional facility to disseminate certain written information directly to each eligible voter regarding voter registration, absentee voting, and certain applications and provide an absentee ballot to an eligible voter on request; requiring the Board of Elections to provide correctional facilities with certain written materials; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide each individual who is released from a facility with a voter registration application; etc.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list
FAV 15FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAmanuel, YanetlobbyistACLU of MarylandPosition only
FAVHarm Reduction, BaltimoreBaltimore Harm ReductionPosition only
FAVBradford, TierralobbyistCCMDOral + Written (PDF)
FAVP, DanaCLCOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHopkins, PerryCommunities UnitedOral + Written (PDF)
FAVcooper, charlieGet Money OutOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNeuhaus-Follini, AlexandraIndivisible BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistJOTFOral + Written (PDF)
FAVstern, carolJews United for Justice (JUFJ)Written (PDF)
FAVWexler, MarjorieLWVMDWritten (PDF)
FAVG, AaronMontgomery County Law Board AssociatonWritten (PDF)
FAVCiekot, AnnlobbyistNCADDWritten (PDF)
FAVHanson-Mundell, NicoleOut for Justice Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Mosby, Delegate MosbylegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVhaven, kimberlyIndividualOral
UNFGuy, JamesCommissioners of St. Marys CountyWritten (PDF)
FWALohrasbi, MunibDisability Rights MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
INFOKahl, CarherineDPSCSWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAmanuel, YanetACLU of MarylandRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland
FAVBradford, TierraCCMDRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland
FAVDews, ChristopherJOTFRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance
FAVCiekot, AnnNCADDRegistered for: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; B'More Clubhouse; Baltimore City Substance Abuse Directorate; Bard College; CareForth; Children's Advocacy Institute