The State Board's evaluation and certification procedures are limited to voting systems:

1. A. That are beyond the prototype stage and available for installation and use within the time frame specified by the State Board; and

2. B. For which the qualification testing, as required by Election Law Article, §9-102(d)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland:

   1. (1) Has been successfully completed; or

   2. (2) Has not been completed, but the voting system vendor has provided:

      1. (a) Documentation from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission that the voting system has been submitted for qualification testing; and
      2. (b) A schedule that indicates completion within the time frame specified by the State Board.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), 9-102(b), and 11-309, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.07 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R. 636); adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708)

Regulation .01 amended effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1346)

Regulation .02E amended effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1346)

Regulation .04B, D amended effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1346)

Regulation .05 amended effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1346)

Regulation .05A amended effective December 23, 2013 (40:25 Md. R. 2073); April 27, 2026 (53:8 Md. R. 356)

Regulation .06B amended effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1346)

Regulation .08 adopted effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1346)