- A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
- (1) “Cure list” means a list of all voters who returned a mail-in ballot, as of the date requested, but did not sign the oath document, for a single election.
- (2) “Early voting list” means a list of all individuals who, as of the date requested, voted during early voting for a single election.
(3) Electoral Process.
- (a) “Electoral process” means the system established by the Maryland Constitution, Election Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and regulations of the State Board, by which a person is elected to a public office or by which voters express a preference on a ballot question.
- (b) “Electoral process” includes, but is not limited to registering voters, forming political parties, qualifying as a candidate for public office, petitioning candidates or questions to the ballot, drafting and publishing ballot questions, conducting elections, casting ballots, canvassing ballots, recounting an election, and financing a campaign.
- (4) “Initial voter list” means a list of all individuals who, as of the date requested, meet the criteria requested by the individual requesting the list.
- (5) “Mail-in list” means a list of all registered voters who, as of the date requested, have requested a mail-in ballot for a single Statewide election.
- (6) “Permanent mail-in applicant list” means a list of all registered voters who, as of the date requested, have requested a mail-in ballot for all future Statewide elections.
- (7) “Provisional list” means a list of all individuals who, as of the date requested, cast a provisional ballot for a single election.
- (8) “Supplemental voter list” means a list of all individuals who, from the date of an initial voter list through a later requested date, meet the criteria requested by the individual requesting the list.
(9) “Voter registration list” means:
- (a) A cure list;
- (b) An early voting list;
- (c) An initial registered voter list;
- (d) A mail-in list;
- (e) A permanent mail-in list;
- (f) A provisional list;
- (g) A supplemental registered voter list; or
- (h) Any other list of voters requested and approved by the State Administrator.
Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), and 3-506(a)(2)(i) and (iv), Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date:
Regulations .01—.06 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:5 Md. R. 579): adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708)
Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366); July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 514); January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187); November 24, 2025 (52:23 Md. R. 1140)
Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366)
Regulation .03 amended effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 514)
Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366); January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187)
Regulation .04 amended effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 514)
Regulation .05 amended effective January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187)
Regulation .05B amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1717)
Regulation .06A amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366)