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Town of Oakland, MD
Garrett County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Oakland as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-4-1974 by resolution]
The conduct of voting by an absentee voter will be done in the same manner as prescribed for absentee voting in the Annotated Code of Maryland, except as hereinafter set forth:
A. 
The words "Town of Oakland" shall be read in all places now reading "State" or "State of Maryland".
B. 
The words "Town of Oakland" shall be read in place of "County or Baltimore City."
C. 
This article applies to elections for all candidates and other questions at any election held in any year.
D. 
Applications for absentee ballots in accordance with the requirements of this article shall be available to any qualified voter upon request to the Town Clerk.
E. 
The words "Judges of Elections" shall be read in place of "board."
F. 
The size, form and content of the absentee ballot, envelope and other papers shall be as prescribed by the Judges of Elections.
G. 
The instructions for the casting of absentee ballots shall be as prescribed by the Judges of Elections.
H. 
The following guidelines shall also apply:
(1) 
Opening or unfolding ballots. The Judges of Elections shall not open or unfold any absentee ballot at any time prior to the closing of the polls and the beginning of the canvass of the absentee ballots.
(2) 
Procedure generally. At any time after the closing of the polls and not later than the canvass of the votes cast at the regular voting places at any election, the Judges of Elections shall meet at the City Hall and shall proceed to count, certify and canvass the absentee ballots contained in the ballot envelopes, received by them prior to the closing of the polls on election day. No ballot shall be rejected by the Judges of Elections except by the unanimous vote. All voters' applications, medical certificates, notarial affidavits, certifications, ballot envelopes and ballots shall be kept separate and apart from ballots cast at the regular voting places and retained for six months after the date of election at which they were cast, unless, prior to that time, the Town of Oakland shall be ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to keep the same for any longer period.
I. 
Contests concerning registration shall be decided by the Judges of Elections. An appeal of the action of the Judges of Elections may be made to the Town Council within 30 days of the action complained of. An appeal from the action of the Town Council may be taken to the Circuit Court for Garrett County, Maryland, in accordance with the Maryland Rules of Procedure for Administrative Appeals.
J. 
The words "Judges of Elections" shall be read in place of "State Administrative Board of Election Laws and the (several) boards."
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The Judges of Elections may delegate to other persons such duties as they may see fit, but the responsibility for the proper performance of these duties by such persons will remain with the Judges of Elections.
Any regulations pertaining to absentee voting not addressed in this article shall be conducted pursuant to state regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Any issues relating to elections or voting, not addressed in this chapter or in the Charter, shall be conducted pursuant to state regulations.]