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MarylandPaper + scan
Hand-marked paper ballots and ballot-marking devices, all producing a paper record tabulated by scanner; administered by the State Board of Elections and local boards. No-excuse early voting and mail-in voting are available. Campaign finance is in-article (Md. Election Law, Title 13) under the State Board of Elections. Foundational law: Maryland Election Law Article. Source: Maryland General Assembly (mgaleg.maryland.gov).
Paper + scanVoting method
Methodology Radar
Dimension Breakdown
EAdI44.1%
Election Administration Index
Accountability50%
Commission40%
Funding13%
Staff Training67%
Vendor Oversight67%
EAI55.4%
Electoral Access Index
Administration100%
Eligibility20%
Identification60%
Registration86%
Roll Integrity0%
Voter Assistance33%
Voting Methods58%
ECI66.7%
Election Campaign-Finance Index
Contributions100%
Disclosure80%
Enforcement50%
Foreign Source50%
Traceability50%
EDRI27.3%
Election Dispute Resolution Index
Contest0%
Recount50%
Timing50%
EVCI16.7%
Election Voter-Confidence Index
Ballot Info0%
Candidate0%
Notification50%
EII28.3%
Election Integrity Index
Citizen Verifiability13%
Custody Hardware13%
Post Election Audit33%
Software Verifiability0%
Transparency Observation38%
Vendor Independence0%
Voter Access100%
Primary Instruments
| Citation | Type | Title | Sections | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Md. Election Law Title 1 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 1 | 9 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 10 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 10 | 28 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 11 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 11 | 20 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 12 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 12 | 25 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 13 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 13 | 105 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 14 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 14 | 13 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 15 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 15 | 14 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 16 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 16 | 28 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 2 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 2 | 23 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 3 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 3 | 25 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 4 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 4 | 7 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 5 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 5 | 42 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 6 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 6 | 14 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 7 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 7 | 5 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 8 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 8 | 33 | active |
| Md. Election Law Title 9 | Code | Md. Election Law Title 9 | 47 | active |
Methodologies — Datapoint Drill-In
Each methodology card above takes you to Maryland's scoring detail for that methodology — every datapoint, with rationale and the exact statute that justifies the score.
For a single datapoint side-by-side across every jurisdiction, see e.g. /atlas/datapoint/1.1.