1. A. Purpose. The purpose of the post-election verification and audit program is to:

   1. (1) Demonstrate and confirm the accuracy of the voting system’s tabulation logic;
   2. (2) Ensure that each accepted vote-by-mail ballot and provisional ballot met the acceptance criteria and conversely that rejected ballots did not meet the criteria; and
   3. (3) Confirm that the number of ballots cast in a voting center equals the number of voters who checked in to vote at the voting center;

2. B. Verification and Audit Program.

   1. (1) The State Administrator shall establish a post-election verification and audit program for special elections conducted by mail.
   2. (2) A local board shall perform the post-election verification and audit developed by the State Administrator.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102, 9-403, 9-501, 9-506, 11-201, and 11-302, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 28, 2015 (42:19 Md. R. 1230)