Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date
What this bill does
Requiring a local board of elections to send, not later than 43 days before an election, a ballot to voters who have made a request and qualify to vote by absentee ballot; altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee and provisional ballots; prohibiting the tabulation of absentee ballot vote totals before the polls open; requiring, in 2024, the statewide primary election and the primary election for municipal offices in Baltimore City to be held on the second Tuesday in May; etc.
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Testimony (38)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Drayton, Morganlobbyist | Common Cause MD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ansah, Samuela | Disability Rights Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shalleck, Jim | James F. Shalleck, Esq. | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Massey, Genie | LWV | Oral |
| FAV | Millenson, Janet | League of Women Voters of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Norling, Richard | MD Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Scarr, Emilylobbyist | Maryland PIRG | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kagan, Sen. Cheryl | Maryland State Senate | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kagan, Sen. Cheryl | Maryland State Senate | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Boucher, Kathleen | Montgomery County, MD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Boucher, Kathleen | Montgomery County, MD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Banov, Alan | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Berry, Katherine | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kohn, Linda | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Kagan, Senator Kaganlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Kagan, Senator Kaganlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Duffy, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| UNF | Danjczek, Cynthia | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ennis, Ella | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Huebner, Donna | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Kolakoski, Virginia | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Kuch, Kathleen | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Kyser, Chris | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ohmen, Elizabeth | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Vernon, Michael | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Berry, Katherine | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Naimon, David | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |