Voting
Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Polling Places [HB-732]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment a process to allow a qualified voter to register and vote on election day at a specified polling place in a specified precinct or on a specified day before election day at a specified polling place; making a stylistic change; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Gettr Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law Transparency Act [HB-701]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a specified form of identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot; allowing a voter who is unable to present a specified form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Voter Registration - Exchange of Information [HB-561]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring State agencies to provide specified data to the State Board of Elections for the purpose of maintaining an accurate statewide voter registration list; prohibiting the State Board from disclosing specified data it receives except under specified circumstances; authorizing the State Board to enter into agreements with other states to exchange specified data that is relevant to maintaining accurate voter registration lists; requiring the State Board and the Motor Vehicle Administration jointly to submit a report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Special Elections - Voting by Mail [HB-546]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing special elections in Montgomery County to be conducted by voting by mail; applying specified provisions of law to ballots used for voting by mail in Montgomery County; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations to govern voting by mail; requiring specified regulations to provide for specified elements regarding voting by mail; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 03/23/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Montgomery County Board of Education - Student Member - Voting [HB-539]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education to attend an executive session of the Board of Education that relates to collective bargaining; authorizing the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education to vote on collective bargaining, capital and operating budgets, and school closings, reopenings, and boundaries.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 4/5 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Carroll County and Montgomery County - Polling Places - Electioneering [HB-534]
[Elections ]
Specifying that in Carroll County and Montgomery County, on approval of the local board, the line beyond which electioneering is prohibited outside a polling place may be located at any point between 25 feet and 100 feet from the entrance and exit.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Days of Early Voting [HB-5]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Altering the days on which early voting centers are open before regularly scheduled primary and general elections; and making the Act effective July 1, 2011.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 03/23/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Early Voting Centers [HB-436]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring counties with fewer than 150,000 registered voters to establish at least one and not more than three early voting centers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Voting by Felons at Polling Places - Prohibition [HB-385]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Elections ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an applicant for voter registration to specify whether the applicant is a felon; requiring that specified information concerning voting by felons be provided to an applicant for voter registration; requiring an individual who is a felon to vote only by absentee ballot; prohibiting a felon from voting at a polling place; and limiting a provision of law allowing specified registered criminal offenders to enter onto school property for the purpose of voting only to registered offenders who are not felons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Citizens Who Have Not Lived in the United States - Right to Vote [HB-348]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Providing that a citizen who has not lived in the United States but has a parent who is a registered voter in the State is a resident of the State for purposes of voter registration; prohibiting an individual from being considered a resident of the State if the individual has established a domicile outside the State; and authorizing an individual to register to vote and vote only in elections for federal office in the county in the State where a parent resides if the individual meets specified requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2011 [HB-31]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to institute an action in a circuit court for injunctive relief to prohibit a person from engaging in or continuing to engage in specified violations of election law; providing that injunctive relief may be granted under the Act only to prevent specified violations of election law from affecting a pending election; requiring a circuit court to hear and determine an action filed under the Act as soon as practicable; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Education Health And Environmental Affairs & Judicial Proceedings on 03/23/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity [HB-288]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot; allowing a voter who is unable to present a specified form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under specified circumstances; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Hearing 2/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Access to Voting Room and Voting Booth by Minors Not Eligible to [HB-257]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Increasing the maximum age at which a minor may accompany a voter in the voting room and voting booth at a polling place to 17; and requiring that a minor who accompanies a voter may not be eligible to vote in that election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Presidential Elections - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by [HB-25]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Rescinding the State of Maryland's consent to enter into the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote and repealing the statutory provisions reciting the Agreement; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the nomination of presidential electors; specifying that presidential electors in the State are elected at large by the voters of the entire State; specifying that presidential electors cast their votes in a specified manner; repealing a contingency related to the Agreement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/21/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Delay in Replacement of Voting Systems [HB-174]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the date for replacing the State's direct-recording electronic (DRE) touchscreen voting system with a voter-verifiable paper record voting system; requiring the State to continue using the touchscreen voting system for elections until payments for the touchscreen voting system are concluded or until another date, as specified; altering provisions relating to the certification of voting systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Voting by Registered Offenders at Polling Places - Prohibition [HB-1269]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting specified registered offenders from voting at polling places or early voting centers located on school grounds; authorizing specified registered offenders who are prohibited from voting at polling places or early voting centers on school grounds to vote at early voting centers not located on school grounds or by absentee ballot; requiring the supervising authority of specified registered offenders to give written notice and explain the requirements of the Act when a registrant registers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Elections - Early Voting Centers - Establishment [HB-1263]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Increasing to six the number of early voting centers that are required to be established in a county with more than 300,000 registered voters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Days of Early Voting [HB-126]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring that early voting centers be open only on the second Friday and second Saturday before a regularly scheduled primary or general election during specified hours.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Option to Present Proof of Identity [HB-118]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring the statewide voter registration application to provide an applicant with the opportunity to elect to be required to present specified identification to establish the individual's identity when the individual seeks to vote; requiring an election judge to qualify a specified voter by requiring the voter to present a specified form of identification; requiring an election judge to refer for provisioonal ballot voting a specified individual who is unable to present a specified form of identification; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County Board of Education - Student Member - Voting Rights [HB-1117]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing specified exceptions to the voting rights of the student member of the Prince George's County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011