Section 2-206 - Election director. - Maryland Statutes

§ 2-206. Election director.
 

Subject to the requirements of this article and the policies and guidance of the local board, the election director may: 

(1) appoint the employees of the local board; 

(2) train judges of election; 

(3) give notice of elections; 

(4) upon the request of an elderly or disabled voter whose polling place is not structurally barrier free, provide an alternate polling place to the voter; 

(5) issue voter acknowledgment notices and voter notification cards; 

(6) receive certificates of candidacy; 

(7) verify petitions; 

(8) in consultation with the local board, conduct the canvass following an election; and 

(9) subject to § 9-306 of this article, process and reject absentee ballot applications. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 2-206; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4; ch. 404, § 2; 2004, ch. 19; 2005, ch. 572, § 1; 2006, ch. 61, § 2; 2010, ch. 72.]