MD HB955 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-03 - Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 2 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-03 - Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Repealing a provision of law requiring a local board of elections to provide an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission if requested by a voter; altering a certain provision of law to require a local board to provide an absentee ballot by the Internet only if requested by certain voters, rather than to any voter on request; and authorizing the State Board to provide an accessible optional online ballot marking tool for use by certain voters, rather than by any voter, who request to have an absentee ballot sent by the Internet.
Title
Election Law – Absentee Ballot Delivery and Marking
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2021-02-03 | House | Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m. |
2021-02-02 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Subjects
Absentee and Mail-In Ballots
Absentee and Mail-In Voting
Armed Forces
Communications
Disabilities
Elections
Elections Supervisors
Elections, State Board of
Electronic Communication
Electronic Government
internet
Voting
Absentee and Mail-In Voting
Armed Forces
Communications
Disabilities
Elections
Elections Supervisors
Elections, State Board of
Electronic Communication
Electronic Government
internet
Voting
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
---|---|---|---|---|
Election Law | 9 | 306 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Election Law | 9 | 308.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0955?ys=2021RS |
Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0955f.pdf |