Subject Ballots | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action![]() |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB840 | Altering the date by which a local board of elections must provide voters notice of an election by specimen ballot. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 567 |
| MD | SB171 | Altering provisions of law concerning voting by mail in special elections; authorizing the Governor, a county council, or a board of county commissioners to direct that voting by mail be utilized in specified special elections; requiring a local boar... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 197 |
| MD | HB196 | Altering provisions of law concerning voting by mail in special elections; authorizing the Governor, a county council, or a board of county commissioners to direct that voting by mail be utilized in specified special elections; requiring a local boar... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 198 |
| MD | SB279 | Requiring an individual who applies to register to vote or update an existing voter registration online to provide specified information; providing an exception to the voter registration deadline to allow an individual to register to vote or update a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157 |
| MD | HB224 | Requiring an individual who applies to register to vote or update an existing voter registration online to provide specified information; providing an exception to the voter registration deadline to allow an individual to register to vote or update a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 |
| MD | HB1499 | Providing that a candidate may join a slate or continue as a member of a slate only under specified circumstances; altering limits on the aggregate amount of contributions a person may make in an election cycle; requiring that contribution limits and... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 419 |
| MD | HB974 | Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish guidelines for a subsequent election absentee ballot list; requiring that a voter who receives an absentee ballot be provided the opportunity to request an absentee ballot for the next subsequent el... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-04 |
| MD | SB1039 | Providing that a candidate may join a slate or continue as a member of a slate only under specified circumstances; altering limits on the aggregate amount of contributions a person may make in an election cycle; requiring that contribution limits and... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 |
| MD | HB907 | Requiring that, to the extent practicable, all candidates for the same office appear on the same ballot face on a direct recording electronic voting system device. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 |
| MD | HB515 | Clarifying that the requirements for party affiliation for a candidate for office do not apply to a candidate for judge of the orphans' court, except in Anne Arundel County; requiring that, except in Anne Arundel County, a certificate of candidacy fo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| MD | HB427 | Requiring that an absentee ballot returned by an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter be considered timely if the ballot is mailed by the voter and received by a local board by specified times. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| MD | HB1234 | Requiring a local board of elections to conduct a random drawing of the names of the candidates for election for circuit court judge to determine the order of the names on the ballot; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| MD | SB173 | Requiring that a question be placed on the ballot in Anne Arundel County at the November general election of 2014 to determine the sense of the voters of the County on the issue of changing the method of selecting members of the Anne Arundel County B... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB327 | Establishing a method of electing judges of the orphans' courts on a nonpartisan basis, without regard to political party affiliation; establishing a primary election for candidates for nomination for a specified office to be administered in a specif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Recommitted to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (Senator Dyson) |
| MD | HB867 | Authorizing members of the General Assembly to use public resources to promote the success or defeat of a ballot issue. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB413 | Establishing procedures for the election and appointment of the members of the Baltimore County Board of Education; repealing provisions governing the appointment of members of the county board; establishing the composition of the county board; requi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| MD | SB10 | Establishing procedures for the election and appointment of the members of the Baltimore County Board of Education; repealing provisions governing the appointment of members of the county board; establishing the composition of the county board; requi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | SB901 | Requiring that elections be conducted by mail; requiring the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the local boards of elections, to select a specified voting system; requiring local boards of elections to mail a ballot to specified voters b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| MD | HB113 | Requiring that a question be placed on the ballot in Anne Arundel County at the November general election of 2014 to determine the sense of the voters of the County on the issue of changing the method of selecting members of the Anne Arundel County B... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| MD | SB519 | Authorizing an individual to apply to register to vote at specified early voting centers on a day designated for voting before election day by completing a voter registration application and providing specified proof of residency; requiring that an i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB673 | Requiring a petition signature page to contain a specified notification and be completed on a specified form; altering the information an individual must provide to sign a petition; establishing specified requirements for an online petition system; e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | SB294 | Establishing a method for the election of judges to the circuit courts on a nonpartisan basis at a general election; providing that a candidate for election as judge of a circuit court may not be nominated at a primary election; providing that a cand... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| MD | HB242 | Authorizing an individual to apply to register to vote at specified early voting centers on a day designated for voting before election day by completing a voter registration application and providing specified proof of residency; requiring that an i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 |
| MD | HB325 | 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 phot... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 |
| MD | HB493 | Requiring a petition signature page to contain a specified notification and be completed on a specified form; altering the information an individual must provide to sign a petition; establishing specified requirements for an online petition system; e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 |
| MD | HB758 | Requiring that each polling place on election day be supplied with a number of voting machines and staffed with a number of election judges that the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, determines is sufficie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| MD | HB137 | Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present specified proof of identity; requiring a voter to vote a provisional ballot if the voter is unable to provide specified proof of identity; prohibiting a per... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-07 |
| MD | SB108 | Requiring that a question be placed on the ballot in Anne Arundel County at the November general election of 2014 to determine the sense of the voters of the County on the issue of changing the method of selecting members of the Anne Arundel County B... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 |


