Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)
What this bill does
Requiring each local board of elections to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to provide live video streaming of each open meeting and to maintain a complete and unedited archived video recording of each open meeting for 5 years; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations to ensure that the streaming requirements are met in a certain manner; 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 (0)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Drayton, Morganlobbyist | Common Cause MD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Brown-Krausz, Marna | Indivisible HOCOMD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Donovan, Eamonn | Maryland Forward Party | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Kagan, Sen. Cheryl | Maryland State Senate | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kagan, Sen. Cheryl | Maryland State Senate | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wieland, Tom | Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Benhoff, Jean | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Morsberger, David | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Kagan, Senator Kaganlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Kagan, Senator Kaganlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Snyder, Rebeccalobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Justice, Gillian | Disability Rights Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Evans, Edwardlobbyist | None | Oral |
| INFO | Feryus, Stephen | Maryland Association of Election Officials (MAEO) | Written (PDF) |