1. A. In accordance with State and federal law, the State Board shall establish a free access system that any individual who casts a provisional ballot may access to determine whether a provisional ballot application was accepted and, if not, why the application was not accepted.

2. B. Information for Free Access System.

   1. (1) Each election director shall use the Statewide voter registration system to enter all provisional voting information, including information about a provisional ballot voted by a non-registered voter.
   2. (2) The State Board shall use the provisional voting information in the Statewide voter registration system for the free access system.
3. C. The free access system shall be accessible online through the State Board's website and by calling the State Board's toll-free telephone number.
4. D. A provisional voter shall be required to provide the voter's name and date of birth to be able to access information about the voter's provisional ballot.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), 9-402, 9-403, 9-404, 9-406, and 11-303(c) and (e), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)

Regulation .02 amended effective June 17, 2019 (46:12 Md. R. 548)

Regulation .03 amended effective November 23, 2017 (44:23 Md. R. 1079)