Section 8-103 - Emergencies. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-103. Emergencies.
 

(a)  Declared state of emergency.- In the event of a state of emergency, declared by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of law, that interferes with the electoral process, the emergency proclamation may: 

(1) provide for the postponement, until a specific date, of the election in part or all of the State; 

(2) specify alternate voting locations; or 

(3) specify alternate voting systems. 

(b)  Other emergency circumstances.-  

(1) If emergency circumstances, not constituting a declared state of emergency, interfere with the electoral process, the State Board or a local board, after conferring with the State Board, may petition a circuit court to take any action the court considers necessary to provide a remedy that is in the public interest and protects the integrity of the electoral process. 

(2) The State Board shall develop guidelines concerning methods for addressing possible emergency situations. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 8-103; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]