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Maryland Regulations § 33.09.01.01 Definitions

Up to Chapter 33.09.01: Definitions; General Provisions

Regulation Text

A. In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Federal Standards" means the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
(2) "Independent testing laboratory" means a laboratory accredited by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
(3) "Qualification testing" means testing to determine a system's compliance with the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.
(4) Voting System.
(a) "Voting system" means all or any component of any system for casting and tabulating ballots or votes.
(b) "Voting system" includes any model or version of:
(i) A voting system;
(ii) A voting machine, voting device, tabulating equipment, vote-counting program, or other equipment, hardware, firmware, or software used by or with a voting system;
(iii) Election management software or hardware used by or with a voting system; and
(iv) Any other component of a voting system.

History

Regulations.01 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R.636); adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708) Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1484); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718) Regulation .01 amended effective 40:16 Md. R. 1346 , eff. 8/19/2013 ; amended effective 43:4 Md. R. 335 , eff. 2/29/2016

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