As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A ballot in a form approved by the Board of Elections that
is not used in a polling place.
[Amended 6-16-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-5]
A machine that enables voters to make their selections electronically
using a touchscreen or keypad and that prints a paper record of each
voter's ballot that can be read and tabulated by a ballot scanner.
[Added 12-19-2019 by Ord.
No. O-19-16]
[Amended 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-16]
An optical scanner that scans and tabulates paper ballots
marked by hand and paper ballots created through use of a ballot marking
device.
[Added 12-19-2019 by Ord.
No. O-19-16]
The Board of Elections of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland.
An individual who has duly filed for elected public office
of the Town and for whom a declaration of candidacy has been accepted
by the Board by the issuance of a certificate of candidacy.
[Amended 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-16]
The entire process of vote tallying, vote tabulation, and
vote verification or audit, culminating in the production and certification
of the official election results.
A qualified voter who challenges another individual's registration under § 22-19, qualifications for candidacy under § 22-27, or a person's right to vote under § 22-60. A challenger shall also be the person designated pursuant to § 22-72 to make challenges during election recounts.
[Amended 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-16]
The Town Council of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland.
Expressing support of or opposition to any candidate or expressing
approval or disapproval of any public question in any manner that
could reasonably be expected to convey that support or opposition
to another individual.
[Added 6-17-2010 by Ord. No. O-10-10]
A member of the Board of Elections or a duly appointed election
person, who shall have taken the oath of office.[1]
Actual delivery or mailing by first class mail to the last
known address as indicated by the records of the Board.
An individual duly designated by a candidate to challenge
a voter at the polling place, if he does not believe that the individual
is entitled to vote. An official challenger may also be designated
to observe the tallying of votes.
[Amended 6-17-2010 by Ord. No. O-10-10]
An electronic device used to check in voters during election.
The poll books are loaded with Chesapeake Beach voter registry from
the Maryland universal registration system. During election multiple
poll books are networked together to allow data entered into one (voter
check-in) to be shared with all.
[Added 7-20-2023 by Ord. No. O-23-19]
The area within the Town Hall of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
or area within the Northeast Community Center in Chesapeake Beach,
Maryland that is designated by the Board of Elections as the limits
of the area in which all election-related activities, including voting,
shall take place, or such other place as shall be designated by the
Town Council for election-related activities, including voting, provided
that the Town Council shall designate such alternate or additional
polling place by resolution at least 90 days prior to an election
and shall give appropriate notice to persons affected by the designation.
[Amended 6-16-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-5]
A ballot distributed to an individual by an election judge
after the individual has completed an application for a provisional
ballot and which is cast by an individual but not counted until the
individual's qualifications to vote have been confirmed by the Board
of Elections.
A person who has registered to vote in accordance with the
Charter and this chapter.
A member of the Board of Elections, the Town Clerk, and those
individuals appointed by the Board and authorized to perform voter
registration with respect to the Town supplemental voter list.
[Amended 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-16]
The list of registered voters qualified to vote in Town elections
comprising a list of Chesapeake Beach voters from the Maryland universal
registration system maintained and provided by the Calvert County
Board of Elections and a Town supplemental voter list created and
maintained by the Chesapeake Beach Board of Elections of those voters
who are registered to vote only in Town elections.
[Amended 6-6-2016 by Ord.
No. O-16-15; 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-16]
Legal residence or place of domicile.
A facsimile of a ballot used for informational purposes by
a person or entity other than the Election Board.
A facsimile of a ballot used by the Election Board to provide
notice of the contents of the ballot to registered voters.
A voter registration system in which the list of individuals
eligible to vote in Town elections includes those residents of the
Town who are included on the statewide voter registration list at
addresses within the Town.[2]
[Added 12-19-2019 by Ord.
No. O-19-16]
A ballot posted on or in the voting machine (such as an electronic
ballot-marking device) and marked by a voter to indicate the voting
choices for each contest.
[Amended 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-16]
[Added 6-17-2010 by Ord. No. O-10-10]
A.
Calculation of time. In calculating any period of time prescribed
under this chapter, the day of the act or event before or after which
the designated period of time begins to run is not included. If the
period of time allowed is more than seven days, intermediate Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays are counted; but if the period of time
allowed is seven days or less, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays are not counted. The last day of the period so computed
is included.
[Amended 6-16-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-5]
B.
End of the day. Except for the day of the election and except where
otherwise expressly provided, for the purposes of measuring deadlines,
the day is presumed to end at the close of the regular business hours
at Town Hall; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall
be construed to alter the deadlines for universal registration by
other methods authorized by state law.
