Section 10-305 - Vacancy in polling place staff during voting hours. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-305. Vacancy in polling place staff during voting hours.
 

(a)  Appointment of substitute election judge.- If there is a vacancy in the polling place staff during voting hours: 

(1) the local board may fill the vacancy with a substitute election judge who has been recruited and trained; or 

(2) an election judge who is present at the polling place may fill the position of the absent election judge by appointing a person registered with the same party affiliation as the absent election judge. 

(b)  Procedures.- If a substitute election judge is appointed under subsection (a) of this section: 

(1) either the election director, the election director's designee, or the election judge making the substitute appointment shall administer the oath required under § 10-204 of this title; and 

(2) a chief election judge shall document any change in the polling place staff in the records of the polling place. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 10-305; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]