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Election Law - Voting - Elections by Mail, Polling Places, and Early Voting Centers

Sponsor: Benjamin F. Kramer (District 19)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: ElectionsStatus: Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.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 to each individual who is registered to vote as the 21st day before the day of each election; requiring the State Board to establish a certain date by which the vote-by-mail ballots must be mailed; requiring a voter to take certain actions to vote a vote-by-mail ballot; requiring the instructions provided with each vote-by-mail ballot to include a certain warning; authorizing a voter to return a marked vote-by-mail ballot to a local board by certain methods; etc.

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Testimony (14)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCooper, CharlieGet Money Out - MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVEnagonio, LizIndivisible Central MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVSchablein, JaredLower Shore Progressive CaucusPosition only
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State and DC AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVJenkins , CourtneyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Kramer, Senator KramerlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFWaterman, DianaMFRWOral + Written (PDF)
UNFDecker, GregIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFEnnis, EllaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFWaychoff, AmyIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWhite, AnneIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAKohn, LindaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOAntoine, JoannelobbyistCommon Cause MarylandWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

INFOAntoine, JoanneCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland