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Maryland‘s Experience with the MOVE Act
Linda H. Lamone State AdministratorMaryland State Board of Elections
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Maryland Before the MOVE Act
• Accepted Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots for all elections• Provided absentee information via voter look-up
website• No notary or paper or envelope requirements• Transmitted blank ballots electronically
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Implementing MOVE in Maryland
• State was in good shape to implement MOVE• Adopted regulations to address majority of
technical election administration issues• Opted to use website to deliver absentee
ballots electronically
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Electronic Delivery of Absentee Ballots
• Once ballots are available, send email to each voter that his/her ballot was ready
• Use unique ballot tracking number to access ballot, instructions, etc.
• Voter prints ballot, instructions, oath, and envelope• Voter must mail voted ballot and oath
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2010 General Election – Statistics
• 37% of UOCAVA voters received ballot electronically
• Twice as many domestic, civilian voters received ballots electronically than UOCAVA voters
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2010 General Election – Statistics
• Return rate for UOCAVA (25.4%) significantly lower than the rate for domestic, civilian voters (79.6%) but . . .
• Return rate higher for UOCAVA voters who received ballot electronically (28.6%) than those who received by mail (23.5%)
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Challenges with the MOVE Act
• 45 day deadline for transmitting ballots to UOCAVA voters
• Duplicating electronically issued ballots• State policymakers – not election officials –
control election calendar
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Meeting the 45-day Requirement
• 2010 General Election Calendar–Primary Election September 14th
–45th day September 18th – Final canvass September 22nd
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Meeting the 45-day Requirement
• Submitted request for waiver but continued to identify compliant solutions
• Withdrew request with DOJ and FVAP-approved solution – send federal only ballots by 45th day before election
• Sent federal only ballots by 45th day and sent full State ballot when completed
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Meeting the 45-day Requirement – in the Future
• Change Maryland’s election calendar–Move presidential primary election–Move gubernatorial primary election
• Encourage national parties to nominate presidential candidates earlier–Impacts ability of all states to meet requirement
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Duplicating Electronically Issued Ballots
• Ballots printed on off-the shelf printers cannot be read by current optical scanners
• During canvass, all of these ballots must be duplicated onto readable ballots
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Recommendations for Improvements
• Electronic delivery– Encourage voting system vendors to develop
optical scanners that can read ballots printed by off-the-shelf printers – without a corresponding trade-off of accuracy
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• 45-day mailing requirement– Encourage national parties to nominate
presidential candidates earlier– Encourage UOCAVA voters to support state
efforts to adjust election calendar
Recommendations for Improvements