Election Law - Elections by Mail
Sponsor: Jon S. Cardin (District 11B)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring each local board of elections to send a vote-by-mail ballot by mail to each individual who is registered to vote as of a certain day before the day of each election; requiring the vote-by-mail ballots to be mailed at a certain time; requiring a voter who receives a vote-by-mail ballot and who decides to vote in person to discard the vote-by-mail ballot; authorizing a voter who discards a vote-by-mail ballot under a certain provision of this Act to vote by certain other methods; etc.
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Testimony (14)
MGA witness listFAV 4FavorableUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Cooper, Charlie | Get Money Out - Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Edwards, Donna | Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Demnowicz, Cristi | Represent Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Cardin, Delegate Cardinlegislator | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Hodges, Dee | MD Taxpayers Assoc, Republican Women of Baltimore County | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Waterman, Diana | MFRW | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Decker, Greg | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ennis, Ella | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Feldblyum, Tamara | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Hoagland, Robert | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Merezhinskaya, Natalya | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Myers, Ashli | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Waychoff, Amy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Antoine, Joannelobbyist | Common Cause Maryland | Written (PDF) |