Election Law - Voting Systems Costs, Polling Places, and Primary Election Date - Requirements
What this bill does
Codifying a requirement that a county pay its share of 50% of the State's costs to acquire and operate the uniform statewide voting systems for voting in polling places and for absentee voting; requiring that a county's share of the cost be based on the county's voting age population; requiring that in certain statewide elections in-person voting on election day be conducted at a certain number of precinct polling places; prohibiting a court from postponing the date of the 2022 primary election to any date after July 12, 2022; etc.
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Testimony (6)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Noveau, Barbara | DoTheMostGood | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Boucher, Kathleen | Montgomery County, MD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Palakovich Carr, Delegate Palakovich Carrlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Palakovich Carr, Julie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Wilkins, Barbara | Individual | Written (PDF) |