Elections - Polling Place Plan, Prohibited Acts, and 2024 Primary Election Date
What this bill does
Prohibiting a local board of elections from voting to change the location of a polling place without first holding a meeting to discuss the proposed change and providing an opportunity for individuals and organizations to testify; requiring each local board to submit a polling place plan to the State Board of Elections at least 6 months prior to each statewide primary election; altering the date of the 2024 statewide primary election and the primary election for municipal offices in Baltimore City to the second Tuesday in May; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (26)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Campbell, James | AARP | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Campbell, James | AARP | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wilkinson, nanci | Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Drayton, Morganlobbyist | Common Cause MD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rosenberg, Samuel | House of Delegates | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rosenberg, Samuel | House of Delegates | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Progressive Caucus, Lower Shore | Lower Shore Progressive Caucus | Position only |
| FAV | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Bogdan, Henrylobbyist | Maryland Nonprofits | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Rosenberg, Delegate Rosenberglegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Rosenberg, Delegate Rosenberglegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Dorsey-Walker, Linda | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Morsberger, David | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ryan, Lyndsey | Town of Oxford | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Berry, Katherine | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Harper, Katja | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Kolakoski, Virginia | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Berry, Katherine | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |