[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Town Commissioners of the Town of Bel Air 3-11-1980 by Ord. No. 310 as Ch. 5, Art. 1, of the 1980 Code; amended in its entirety 9-16-2019 by Ord. No. 793-19. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Words and phrases defined. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ABSENTEE BALLOT/MAIL-IN BALLOT
A ballot not used in a polling place that is completed and mailed, in advance of an election day by a voter.
[Amended 5-3-2021 by Ord. No. 802-21]
BALLOT MARKING DEVICE (BMD)
Voters use a touch screen to mark their vote selections, receiving a verifiable paper ballot upon completion. This device does not tabulate the voter's vote. The ballot which is printed is then put into the ballot scanning unit for tabulation.
BALLOT or OFFICIAL BALLOT
A ballot is the means used to list choices and cast votes in an election. This includes the paper ballot, or ballot activation card for use in the accessible voting unit, as well as the provisional ballot and the absentee ballot. "Ballot" or "official ballot" does not include a sample ballot or a specimen ballot.
BALLOT SCANNING UNIT
The station at the polling place where each voter casts a ballot and where a device tabulates the voter's paper ballot or ballot activation card.
BOARD
The Board of Election Judges, as that term is defined in Article V, Section 503 of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air.
CANDIDATE
Any qualified voter who files written notice, in the form of a certificate of candidacy, of his or her intention to run for the elected office of Commissioner of Bel Air.
CANVASS
Refers to the entire process of vote tallying, vote tabulation, and vote verification or audit, culminating in the production and certification of the official results of an election. For absentee ballots, the "canvass" includes the opening of any envelope accompanying an absentee ballot and the assembly and review of absentee ballots in preparation for vote tallying. For provisional ballots, the "canvass" includes the review of the provisional ballot applications and the assembly and review of provisional ballots in preparation for vote tallying.
ELECTION
The process by which the voters of the Town vote for any candidate pursuant to the laws of the Town or for or against any Charter provisions of the Town or other public act or question pursuant to procedures provided by state statute or by the Town Charter, and shall include all elections, general or special, conducted by the Town.
ELECTRONIC STORAGE FORMAT
A memory stick or compact flash card or similar device for storage and retrieval of election data which is approved by the state.
GENERAL ELECTION
The election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every odd-numbered year at which the voters of the Town may vote for candidates for the office of Commissioner of Bel Air.
OFFICAL RESULTS
The report that is generated from the polls and canvasses which shows the total number of eligible voters and percentage of voters who voted at the polls, the number of voters who voted by absentee ballot and provisional ballot and the number of votes cast for each candidate and/or question.
POLL BOOK
An electronic book, or printed book, which consists of voter registration record information of all registered voters at the time of election day.
PROVISIONAL BALLOT
A ballot that is cast by an individual, but not counted until the individual's qualifications to vote have been confirmed. Provisional ballots are reviewed and counted by the Election Judges during the provisional canvass which takes place on a designated date after the day of the election.
REGISTRATION
The act by which a person becomes qualified to vote in any election of the Town.
REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM
The form to be filled out and signed by each prospective registrant containing the necessary information to establish eligibility as a voter in Town elections.
SAMPLE BALLOT
A facsimile of the ballot that the voter will use to register his/her vote in the election.
SPECIAL ELECTION
Every election called by resolution of the Commissioners, including but not limited to elections to fill vacancies in the offices of Commissioners pursuant to Article III, Section 307, of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air and referendum elections on the question of proposed Charter amendments of the Town as required by state law or as provided in § 37-7 of this chapter. Special elections shall be held in accordance with § 37-7 of this chapter.
TOWN
Town of Bel Air, a Maryland municipal corporation.
TOWN CLERK
The custodian of the voting records of the Town of Bel Air.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
The report of votes tabulated that is generated immediately following the closing of the polls on the day of the election and prior to the canvassing of absentee and provisional ballots.
WRITE-IN VOTE
A vote cast for an individual whose name is not on the ballot.
A. 
The Board of Town Commissioners shall appoint a three-member Board of Election Judges in accordance with Article V, Section 503, of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air. The Board of Town Commissioners shall appoint one Alternate Election Judge to the Board of Election Judges who may be empowered to act in the absence of a regular Judge on Election Day.
B. 
The Board of Election Judges shall decide all questions concerning eligibility of voters.
C. 
Each Election Judge shall receive compensation as determined by the Board of Town Commissioners for the day of election and any other day the Election Judges are called to work by the Town Clerk.
D. 
Expenses incurred by the Board of Election Judges in furnishing supplies and equipment and all other necessary and reasonable expenses of the Board of Election Judges shall be an expenditure of the Town payable as other expenses are payable by the Board of Town Commissioners.
E. 
Each Election Judge shall take the oath of office as prescribed by Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution of Maryland.
F. 
The Election Judges may appoint poll workers to assist the Election Judges on the day of the election. All poll workers must meet the eligibility requirements of Election Judges and shall receive compensation as determined by the Board of Town Commissioners on the day of the election and any other day the poll worker is called to work by the Town Clerk. Poll workers shall take the oath required of the Election Judges.
G. 
Substitution of Election Judges. If any Election Judge shall not be present at the expiration of 15 minutes after the time for the opening of the polls during an election, the Election Judge or Judges present shall fill the place of the absent Judge with the Alternate Election Judge or by appointing one of the qualified poll workers or a qualified voter of the Town of Bel Air who shall not hold a Town office or be a candidate for any elective office in the Town to serve as a substitute for the day of the election only.
(1) 
After the opening of the polls, no Election Judge shall leave the polling place until all the ballots cast shall have been counted and the returns completed, except in the case of absolute necessity. If an Election Judge in attendance must leave the polling place, the Alternate Election Judge or one of the qualified poll workers or some fit person, a qualified voter of the Town not holding a Town office or being a candidate for any elective office in the Town, shall be appointed as a substitute until the Election Judge returns, having first administered to such substitute the oath of office.
(2) 
The oath, when administered, shall be preserved and the reason for appointment of the substitute and the time when such substitute began and ceased shall be preserved by the Board of Election Judges in writing. Any substitute shall cease to act whenever the Election Judge in whose stead the substitute was appointed returns.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Board of Election Judges to select a suitable polling place(s) as it deems it necessary. If possible, it shall be the duty of the Board of Election Judges to use the Town Hall or other public buildings for such polling places.
B. 
The polling places in Bel Air shall be opened by the Board of Election Judges at 7:00 a.m. on the day of the election and the polling places shall remain open until 8:00 p.m. on the same day when the polling places shall be closed.
C. 
Places of registration shall be the office of the Harford County Board of Elections and such other places as shall be authorized by Title 3, Subtitle 2, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland, and as determined by the Board of Election Judges.
The Board of Election Judges shall give four weeks' notice of the time and place of every election by advertisement published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the Town and by posting notice thereof at the Town office.
A. 
Qualifications. The voters' qualifications shall be as detailed in Article V, Section 501, of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air.
B. 
Registration.
(1) 
Registration of the voters of the Town of Bel Air shall be conducted by the Harford County Board of Elections as provided through an agreement between the Town of Bel Air and Harford County and in accordance with Title 3, Subtitle 2, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(2) 
To be eligible to vote in any general or special election, persons qualified to vote but not previously registered to vote may register at any time with the Harford County Board of Elections on regular business days during regular business hours, and other places as shall be authorized by Title 3, Subtitle 2, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland, or determined by the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners. Registration will be closed in accordance with those dates as set by the Harford County Board of Elections as provided in Title 3, Subtitle 3, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(3) 
The Town Clerk shall publish a weekly notice of the expiration date of the time within which qualified voters may register for any election for at least two weeks prior to such expiration date in a newspaper with circulation within the Town.
A. 
Nonpartisan elections. Elections in the Town of Bel Air are nonpartisan so that each candidate in any election runs without official party designation or affiliation, and no mention of party affiliation shall be designated on any ballots in the general or special elections in the Town of Bel Air.
B. 
Qualifications for candidates for Commissioner of Bel Air. A person shall be eligible for election as a Commissioner of Bel Air provided that he meets the qualifications as set forth in Article III, Section 302, of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air.
C. 
Filing of certificate of candidacy.
(1) 
Candidates must file in person and complete a written certificate of candidacy with the Town Clerk of their intention to run for the office of Commissioner at least 30 days before the scheduled election. Candidates must file a certificate of candidacy at least 45 days before the scheduled election, beginning with the 2021 Town election and every election thereafter. The hours for filing on the final file date are 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. If the final filing date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the closest regular business day shall be recognized as the final candidate filing date.
(2) 
A certificate of candidacy may be filed by certified mail, personal messenger, or other delivery service designated by the Town Clerk if the individual filing the certificate is unable to do so in person because of illness or temporary absence from the state and the certificate is accompanied by an affidavit signed by the individual filing the certificate setting forth fully the facts that prevent that individual from filing the certificate in person. A certificate of candidacy may not be filed by facsimile service or other electronic transmission.
(3) 
The use of nicknames, titles, degrees, or other professional designations on the ballot or certificate of candidacy is prohibited. The names of candidates shall be arranged alphabetically on the ballots.
(4) 
Candidates may withdraw prior to the filing deadline only.
(5) 
Filing fee.
(a) 
In order to help defray the costs of election, each candidate for the office of Commissioner of Bel Air shall pay a nonrefundable fee as set by resolution of the Board of Town Commissioners. Each candidate shall pay such sum to the Town Clerk at the time his written intention to run is filed. Such filing fees shall be used to defray the cost of the election for which the fees are collected, including the moneys paid the Board of Election Judges for administering such election and the costs of furnishing supplies and equipment for such election.
(b) 
The filing fee shall be waived if the candidate establishes his inability to pay at the time and place of filing the certificate. A sworn statement of inability to pay shall set forth the nature, extent and liquidity of the candidate's assets and the disposable net income of the candidate.
(c) 
In the event that any candidate who has paid a filing fee enters into active duty with the armed services of the United States in the period between the last date allowed for withdrawal of the candidate's name as a candidate and the printing or preparation of the ballots, the candidate shall be entitled upon withdrawing as such a candidate and upon the candidate's request to receive a return of the filing fee.
D. 
Campaigning and electioneering. In no event shall any campaigning be allowed within 100 feet of the entrance door of the Town Hall or any other polling place selected by the Board of Election Judges within the Town on Election Day.
Special elections shall be called and carried out in accordance with the following procedures:
A. 
Special elections for any purpose shall be called by a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Town Commissioners of Bel Air then in office. Any resolution calling a special election shall fix the date for the same, which date shall be a sufficient time after the passage of such resolution to enable notice thereof to be given by publishing a copy of such resolution, or a fair summary thereof, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bel Air not less than once in each of four weeks immediately preceding the election, or for such other length of time as may be required by law other than this chapter for publication of such notice if a longer time is so required. A complete and exact copy of each such resolution shall be retained in the Town Hall and shall be open to public inspection and the notice published in the newspaper shall so state. The election once called shall be conducted by the Board of Election Judges in every respect as is provided in the case of general elections.
B. 
When there shall be fewer than three Commissioners in office, the remaining Commissioner or Commissioners shall call a special election for the purpose of filling the vacancies in the office of Commissioner of Bel Air which shall be held no less than 45 days and no more than 60 days from the date when the third vacancy occurred in the office of Commissioner. In the event that there are no remaining Commissioners, the Town Administrator shall be required to hold a special election within such forty-five-day to sixty-day period.
C. 
Special tie or runoff election. When there is a tie vote in an election for the office of Commissioner, resulting in a vacancy on the Board, Commissioners duly elected to serve on the Board as newly constituted after the election shall call a special runoff election between the tied candidates to be held as soon as practicable after the election producing the tie.
D. 
If newly enacted legislation is subject to referendum in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 504, of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air, the referendum shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures of Article V, Section 504, of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air.
A. 
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, an emergency resolution passed by the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners may:
(1) 
Provide for the postponement until a specific date of the election;
(2) 
Specify alternate voting locations; or
(3) 
Specify alternate voting systems.
B. 
If emergency circumstances, not constituting a declared state of emergency, interfere with the electoral process, the Board of Election Judges, after conferring with the Harford County Board of Elections, may petition the Circuit Court for Harford County 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.
Four weeks before an election, the Board of Election Judges shall prepare a sample ballot listing the names of all persons who are qualified as candidates for the office of Commissioner, in accordance with this chapter, in alphabetical order according to their surnames. Also upon said ballot shall appear a condensed statement in understandable language of every Charter amendment or other question to be submitted to the vote of the people at said election. The Board of Election Judges, in preparation of ballots, shall place the proposed Charter amendments and other questions, if any, in numerical order as indicated.
A. 
Policing. The Board of Election Judges has the authority to keep the peace and to cause any person to be removed from the polling place for any breach of the peace or for any breach of the Election Code or for any interference with the progress of an election or canvass of ballots or the ascertainment and transcription of the votes.
B. 
Identification of voters. To establish the identity of the voter, the voter shall be asked to state the month and day of the voter's birth and verify the voter's address of residence. The voter shall give any change of address in the presence of the Board of Election Judges, which change shall be entered on the voter update form or on a change-of-address form by the voter.
C. 
The Board of Town Commissioners authorizes the Board of Election Judges to administer provisional voting and canvass the provisional ballots, pursuant to state laws and regulations, providing the provisional voting does not conflict with the Town Election Code.
As a general guideline, no voter shall remain within the voting booth or at the ballot scanning unit longer than four minutes if there are other voters awaiting an opportunity to register their vote, except that an additional three minutes shall be allowed if there are Charter amendments or referenda to be voted on. Any individual loitering beyond a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the Election Judges, will be considered interfering with the progress of the election and subject to removal from the polling place.
A. 
With the aid of the diagrams or other electronic equipment authorized by the Harford County Board of Elections, the Board of Election Judges, if requested by a voter, shall instruct each voter before the voter enters the voting booth.
B. 
No assistance in marking or casting ballots shall be given, except to voters who request assistance because of a legitimate reason, as determined by the Board of Election Judges. The voter has the option to:
(1) 
Select anyone to assist the voter, except:
(a) 
The voter's employer;
(b) 
The voter's union representative;
(c) 
An officer or agent of the voter's employer or union; or
(d) 
A candidate for office of Bel Air Commissioner.
(2) 
Select two Election Judges to assist.
C. 
Those assisting may not attempt to influence the voter or suggest in any way how the voter should vote in any contest or question.
D. 
An Election Judge shall not, in any manner, request or suggest or speak or persuade or induce any voter to vote for any particular candidate or for or against any particular question.
E. 
Voter requesting assistance after entering the voting booth. Two of the Election Judges shall give the voter instructions concerning the manner of voting. No such Election Judge shall, in any manner, request or suggest or speak or persuade or induce any such voter to vote for any particular candidate or for or against any particular question. After such instructions, the Election Judges shall retire and the voter shall forthwith vote.
A. 
An individual may not be removed from the voter registry unless the individual's ineligibility is substantiated by affirmative proof. In the absence of such proof, the presumption shall be that the individual is properly registered.
B. 
The ground for challenge. No person's right to vote shall be challenged at the polls on any ground but identity. If the right of any person to vote is challenged, the challenge shall be made before the person receives a ballot.
C. 
A provisional ballot may be used to record a vote when there are questions about a given voter's eligibility that must be resolved before the vote can count. A voter can cast a provisional ballot if the voter states that he or she is entitled to vote. Whether a provisional ballot is counted is contingent upon the verification of that voter's eligibility, which may involve the Election Judges reviewing Harford County Board of Elections records or asking the voter for more information. Provisional ballots, therefore, are not counted until after the day of the election.
D. 
If the individual voter feels aggrieved because the voter has been removed or refused registration from the Town's voter registry because the voter failed to meet the qualifications of a voter set forth in Article V, Section 501, of the Town Charter, the voter may file a challenge by completing a challenge form (supplied by Harford County Board of Elections) stating under oath the basis for the challenge. A challenge filed after voter registration has been closed prior to an election may not be heard until after that election. Within five days of a challenge being filed, the Election Judges will schedule a hearing that shall be held no sooner than 10 days and no later than 15 days after the receipt of a challenge.
E. 
A notice shall be sent to the challenger by certified mail to advise the challenger of the hearing date and of the requirement to appear at the hearing to substantiate the challenge by affirmative proof.
F. 
All challenges shall be decided promptly after the hearing.
A. 
The Board of Town Commissioners shall not approve, rent or purchase an electronic voting system for use in a Town election without a voter-verified paper-audit trail (VVPAT) after November 30, 2005.
B. 
In accordance with Title 9 of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland, the State Board of Elections has certified a uniform voting system for use in polling places throughout the state and a uniform voting system for absentee voting.
C. 
If the voting system to be used in the scheduled election is not the voting system approved by the State of Maryland, the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners will indicate to the Board of Election Judges 120 days before any Town election the type of voting system to be used in the election.
If the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners elects not to use the State of Maryland's approved electronic election system, the use of another electronically tabulated ballot voting system shall be governed by general rules and regulations authorized by resolution of the Board of Town Commissioners of Bel Air and as stated in this chapter. The rules, regulations and conditions shall include a description of the voting system, specifications for equipment required to implement the system, procedures for the use of the system in the polling places on Election Day and for the canvass of votes following the election, and provisions to ensure the following:
A. 
The secrecy of the ballot, in both the voting and tabulating processes.
B. 
A process whereby each voter is permitted to vote at any election for all persons for which the voter is entitled to vote; to vote for as many persons for an office for which the voter is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon which the voter is entitled to vote.
C. 
Rejection of all votes for any office or measure when the number of votes cast by a voter exceeds the number that voter is entitled to cast.
D. 
Correct counting of votes on ballots on which the proper number of votes has been indicated.
E. 
A process whereby each voter is permitted to vote by one punch or mark for more than one candidate, if this method of election is required by law.
F. 
The casting and counting of write-in votes, if this method of voting is permitted by law.
G. 
The tabulating and recording of votes for or against any candidate, candidates, or question.
If in any emergency the Board of Town Commissioners of Bel Air shall by resolution authorize an election to be conducted without the assistance of the Harford County Board of Elections by paper ballot, it shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 9, Subtitle 2, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland, or with such other laws of the State of Maryland which may supersede Title 9, Subtitle 2, in the future.
A. 
Any voter in any general election or special election held in the Town of Bel Air may write or mark on a ballot or in an appropriate place, provided on a voting machine in the proper place, the name of any person other than those already printed for whom the voter may desire to vote for any office in such election. Such write-in votes shall be counted the same as if the name of such person had been printed upon the ballot and marked by such voter.
B. 
The Board of Election Judges shall establish standards for clarity: Each name written on a ballot in place of those already printed thereon shall include the first name, middle initial, and surname of the person whose name is written and such other identifying characteristics as may be required by the Board of Election Judges in cases where there are two or more persons with the same first, middle and surname who are qualified voters of the Town of Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland.
[Amended 5-3-2021 by Ord. No. 802-21]
A. 
Absentee voting/mail-in voting shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Title 9, Subtitle 3, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland, or with such other laws of the State of Maryland which may supersede Title 9, Subtitle 3, in the future.
B. 
Timeliness. An absentee ballot/mail-in ballot is considered timely and may be counted if the ballot:
(1) 
Is returned, in person, to the designated polling place, or the Harford County Board of Elections, by the voter, or the voter's duly authorized agent, before the polls close, on the day of the election; or
(2) 
Is received, by mail, by the Town of Bel Air, or the Harford County Board of Elections, no later than 10:00 a.m. on the second Friday after an election; and was mailed on or before Election Day, as verified:
(a) 
By a postmark; or
(b) 
If the return envelope does not contain a postmark or the postmark is illegible, by the voter's affidavit that the ballot was mailed on or before Election Day.
C. 
Untimely. An absentee ballot/mail-in ballot that does not meet the requirements of Subsection B of this section is not timely and may not be counted.
A. 
The Town of Bel Air, to the extent possible, shall use the equipment and materials provided by and in partnership with the Harford County Board of Elections (such as: paper ballots, ballot scanning units, ballot marking devices, and poll books). If the Harford County Board of Elections shall not provide such equipment and materials, then the Board of Town Commissioners shall authorize by resolution the Board of Elections Judges to use alternate voting equipment and materials in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and under such rules and regulations as the Board of Election Judges may deem advisable.
A. 
The Town Administrator may contract with the Harford County Board of Elections to provide voting equipment, materials, software, services and assistance necessary for conducting each election.
A. 
Where the use of voting equipment is authorized, at least one hour prior to the opening of the polls the Board of Election Judges shall cause to be delivered to designated polling places proper voting equipment with ballots and all necessary supplies for the conduct of the election. Each ballot scanning unit shall then remain sealed until examination immediately preceding the opening of the polls.
B. 
The Board of Election Judges shall provide ample protection against tampering with or damage to the voting equipment. For that purpose, the Board of Election Judges, or any of its members, may call upon any police officer to furnish such assistance as may be necessary. It shall be the duty of the police officer to furnish such assistance when requested to do so by any member of the Board of Election Judges.
C. 
Location of equipment. The voting equipment and every part of the polling place shall be in plain view of the Board of Election Judges. Each voting booth shall be located in a polling place in such a position that the voting booth can be plainly seen by the Board of Election Judges when the booth is not occupied by a voter. The Board of Election Judges shall not itself be nor allow any other person to be in any position which will permit anyone to see or ascertain how a voter votes or how he has voted, except as provided in § 37-12 of this chapter. Election Judges shall inspect equipment at frequent intervals to see that the equipment has not been damaged or tampered with.
A. 
Time of closing. The polls shall be officially closed at 8:00 p.m., except that all qualified voters who are then waiting in line to vote shall be permitted to do so by the Board of Election Judges.
B. 
Where ballot scanning units are authorized for an election, when the last such voter in the polling place has voted, the Board of Election Judges shall prompt the ballot scanning unit for the voting results.
C. 
The votes tabulated following the closing of polls on the day of the election are considered the unofficial results.
D. 
Canvassing of absentee and provisional ballots. After the tasks have been completed as stated above, the Board of Election Judges shall conduct absentee and provisional ballot canvasses on dates determined by Board of Election Judges, following the day of the election, to review and count the provisional ballots and to open the absentee ballot envelopes that were received prior to the closing of the polls.
E. 
Official results.
(1) 
When the canvass of all voting units in the polling place has been completed, the Board of Election Judges shall then prepare the official results, reporting the votes registered on the ballot scanning unit, the votes registered by absentee and provisional ballots, the votes cast for each candidate, the votes cast for and against each question, the total number of votes and percentage of voters who have voted.
(2) 
If any Election Judge shall decline to sign the official results, that Election Judge shall state the reason therefor in writing, and a signed copy thereof shall be enclosed with the official results.
(3) 
A duplicate of the official results sheet shall be directed to the Circuit Court of Harford County and to the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners. The official results sheet shall be kept by the Town Clerk.
A. 
Unofficial results of the election shall be announced by the Board of Election Judges or the Town Clerk, as soon as possible, after tabulation of votes following the closing of the polls on the day of the election.
B. 
Official and final results of the election, following the canvass of all absentee and provisional ballots and tabulation of all votes, shall be announced to the general public and made available upon request to the Town Clerk.
A. 
If, within 10 days after an election, the Board of Election Judges shall receive notice in writing of any contest over the result of an election, the Board of Election Judges shall contact the Harford County Board of Elections to perform an audit on the voting equipment used for the election and/or conduct a recount in accordance with Title 12, Contested Elections, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland.
A. 
Offenses for improper registration, voting or ballot tampering, improper operation of the polling place, or destruction or tampering with the voting equipment shall be determined in accordance with Title 16, Offenses and Penalties, of the Election Law, Annotated Code of Maryland.
B. 
As provided for misdemeanors under Article XI, Section 1104, of the Charter of the Town of Bel Air, the fine for violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be as set by the Board of Town Commissioners.