Md. Code Regs. 33.16.06.05 - Vote or Contest Rejection
A. Person No Longer a Candidate. If a provisional ballot is voted for an individual who has ceased to be a candidate, the vote for that individual may not be counted but does not invalidate the rest of the ballot.
B. Damaged or Marked Ballot. If a provisional ballot is damaged or otherwise marked so that the local board cannot determine the voter's intent in a specific contest, the local board shall reject only that contest on the ballot.
C. Erasures or Alterations. If a provisional ballot has erasures or has been altered or repaired:
(1) For all contests where the voter's intent is clear, the local board shall process the ballot or, if necessary, have it duplicated and processed; or
(2) For any contest where the local board cannot determine the voter's intent, the local board shall reject that contest on the ballot.
Notes
Regulations .05 recodified to Regulations .06_.08 and new Regulation .05 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1556)
Regulations .05 recodified to Regulations .06_.08 and new Regulation .05 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1556); superseded effective September 13, 2006 (33:21 Md. R. 1672); emergency status expired January 31, 2007
Regulations .05 recodified to Regulations .06_.08 and new Regulation .05 adopted effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2027)
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