Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1448: Municipal Elections - Reporting of Information to the State Board
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the list of qualified candidates for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the date of a special election and each office on the special election ballot, and certain information on voting procedures and locations in a municipal election on or before certain dates; requiring the State Board to post the information on the State Board's website immediately on receipt; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Municipal Elections - Reporting of Information on Candidates and Voting Procedures and Locations to the State Board FOR the purpose of requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the date of a special election and each office on the special election ballot, the list of qualified candidates for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, and certain information on voting procedures and locations in a municipal election on or before certain dates…
From the enrolled text, May 19, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Municipal Elections - Reporting of Information on Candidates and Voting Procedures and Locations to the State Board FOR the purpose of requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the date of a special election and each office on the special election ballot, the list of qualified candidates for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, and certain information on voting procedures and locations in a municipal election on or before certain dates; requiring the State Board to post the information submitted by a municipality regarding a municipal election on the State Board's website immediately on receipt; requiring a municipality that conducts its elections using ranked-choice voting to submit to the State Board the municipality's regulations for the tabulation of ranked-choice ballots; requiring the State Board to publish the regulations submitted on the State Board's website; and generally relating to municipal elections. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Local Government Section 4-108.5 Annotated Code of Maryland (2013 Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Local Government 4-108.5. (a) In this section, "State Board" means the State …