1. A. Requirement. Each appropriate board shall adopt procedures and methods for ensuring that confidential records are not revealed to the public.

2. B. Protective Measures. Protective measures include:

   1. (1) Maintaining the record in a separate, locked location; or
   2. (2) Requiring a password for computer access to the record.

3. C. If a voter who is designated as confidential moves to another county in the State:

   1. (1) The election director in the voter's new county shall notify the election director in the voter's prior county and request that the confidential request and other documentation concerning the request be forwarded to the election director; and
   2. (2) The election director in the voter's prior county shall compile and send the documentation in a manner that preserves the voter's confidentiality.
4. D. Disclosure to Jury Commissioner, etc. When providing confidential records to the jury commissioner or otherwise as required by law, the election director shall identify them accordingly.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4) and 3-506(a)(2); General Provisions Article, §4-201(b) and 4-301(a)(2)(i); State Government Article, §§7-309 and 7-310; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.07 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:5 Md. R. 580); adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718)

Regulation .01 amended effective June 25, 2012 (39:12 Md. R. 746); October 29, 2012 (39:21 Md. R. 1381); January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187)

Regulation .02 amended effective March 2, 2026 (53:4 Md. R. 186)

Regulation .02A, E amended effective June 25, 2012 (39:12 Md. R. 746)

Regulation .02C amended effective January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187)

Regulation .02D, E amended as an emergency provision effective October 4, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1867)

Regulation .03 amended effective January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187)

Regulation .03A amended as an emergency provision effective October 4, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1867)

Regulation .03A amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718)

Regulation .03A amended effective June 25, 2012 (39:12 Md. R. 746)

Regulation .03B amended effective March 2, 2026 (53:4 Md. R 186)

Regulation .04 amended as an emergency provision effective October 4, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1867)

Regulation .04 amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718)

Regulation .04A amended effective March 2, 2026 (53:4 Md. R 186)

Regulation .05 amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718)

Regulation .05A amended as an emergency provision effective October 4, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1867)

Regulation .06 amended as an emergency provision effective October 4, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1867)

Regulation .06 amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718)

Regulation .06D adopted effective March 2, 2026 (53:4 Md. R 186)

Regulation .07A amended as an emergency provision effective October 4, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1867)

Regulation .07A amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718)