HB 156

Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act

Sponsor: Delegate LuedtkeCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 656 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a local board of elections to obtain input from large residential communities including institutions of higher education, continuing care retirement communities, senior communities, and military installations when establishing precinct boundaries and designating polling places; establishing a process for certain voters to submit a federal post card application electronically which may allow the use of a common access card only for verification of identity and fulfillment of the signature requirement; etc.

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Testimony (31)

MGA witness list

FAV 23FavorableUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Wyatt, Lauren	Black Girls Vote, Inc.	Oral
FAV	White, Kadi-Ann	Common Cause Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Franchot, Comptroller	Comptroller of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blubaugh, Delanie	Frostburg State University Student Government Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Coble, Annie	Johns Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FAV	Millenson, Janet	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schablein, Jared	Lower Shore Progressive Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Quigley, Kaitlin	LoyolaVotes	Written (PDF)
FAV	Guibao, Patricklobbyist	MD Military Coalition	Oral
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shah, Rishi	Maryland PIRG	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Demnowicz, Cristi	Represent Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Trzaskawka, Paige	Towson University's Student Government Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Alpert, Dan	University of Maryland Student Government Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kindra, Samaylobbyist	Young Democrats of Maryland, Caucus of Color	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Azmi, Lubna	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bertrand, Sophie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Luedtke, Delegate Luedtkelegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Fidler, Sara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kang, Irene	Individual	Oral
FAV	Slade, Jacquelyn	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Waterman, Diana	MFRW	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ennis, Ella	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hill, Deborah	Individual	Position only
UNF	Hoagland, Robert	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Merezhinskaya, Natalya	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Myers, Ashli	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Sadusky, Dr. Bernard	Maryland Association of Community Colleges (MACC)	Written (PDF)
INFO	Clark, Andy	Individual	Written (PDF)