Md. Code Regs. 33.03.02.01

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 33.03.02.01 - Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) Electoral Process.

(a) "Electoral process" means the system established by the Maryland Constitution, Election Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and regulations of the State Board, by which a person is elected to a public office or by which voters express a preference on a ballot question.

(b) "Electoral process" includes, but is not limited to registering voters, forming political parties, qualifying as a candidate for public office, petitioning candidates or questions to the ballot, drafting and publishing ballot questions, conducting elections, casting ballots, canvassing ballots, recounting an election, and financing a campaign.

(c) "Electoral process" does not include investigations. The use of a voter registration list to contact an individual voter as part of an investigation into an illegal or suspected illegal infraction or violation involving the voter's behavior in a specific election is not a "purpose... related to the electoral process" as those terms are used in Election Law Article, § 3-506(a)(1)(ii)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland.

(2) "Initial voter list" means a list of all individuals who, as of the date requested, meet the criteria requested by the individual requesting the list.

(3) "Supplemental voter list" means a list of all individuals who, from the date of an initial voter list through a later requested date, meet the criteria requested by the individual requesting the list.

(4) "Voter registration list" means:

(a) An initial voter list; or

(b) A supplemental voter list.

Md. Code Regs. 33.03.02.01

Regulations .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:5 Md. R. 579): adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708)
Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366); amended effective 50:13 Md. R. 514, eff. 7/10/2023