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§ 2-206. Election director.

Subject to the requirements of this article and the policies and guidance of the local board, the election director may:

(1) appoint the employees of the local board;

(2) train judges of election;

(3) give notice of elections;

(4) upon the request of an elderly or disabled voter whose polling place is not structurally barrier free, provide an alternate polling place to the voter;

(5) issue voter acknowledgment notices and voter notification cards;

(6) receive certificates of candidacy;

(7) verify petitions;

(8) in consultation with the local board, conduct the canvass following an election; and

(9) subject to § 9-306 of this article, process and reject absentee ballot applications.

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 2-206; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4; ch. 404, § 2; 2004, ch. 19; 2005, ch. 572, § 1; 2006, ch. 61, § 2; 2010, ch. 72.]

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§ 2-206. Election director.

Subject to the requirements of this article and the policies and guidance of the local board, the election director may:

(1) appoint the employees of the local board;

(2) train judges of election;

(3) give notice of elections;

(4) upon the request of an elderly or disabled voter whose polling place is not structurally barrier free, provide an alternate polling place to the voter;

(5) issue voter acknowledgment notices and voter notification cards;

(6) receive certificates of candidacy;

(7) verify petitions;

(8) in consultation with the local board, conduct the canvass following an election; and

(9) subject to § 9-306 of this article, process and reject absentee ballot applications.

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 2-206; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4; ch. 404, § 2; 2004, ch. 19; 2005, ch. 572, § 1; 2006, ch. 61, § 2; 2010, ch. 72.]

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§ 2-206. Election director.

Subject to the requirements of this article and the policies and guidance of the local board, the election director may:

(1) appoint the employees of the local board;

(2) train judges of election;

(3) give notice of elections;

(4) upon the request of an elderly or disabled voter whose polling place is not structurally barrier free, provide an alternate polling place to the voter;

(5) issue voter acknowledgment notices and voter notification cards;

(6) receive certificates of candidacy;

(7) verify petitions;

(8) in consultation with the local board, conduct the canvass following an election; and

(9) subject to § 9-306 of this article, process and reject absentee ballot applications.

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 2-206; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4; ch. 404, § 2; 2004, ch. 19; 2005, ch. 572, § 1; 2006, ch. 61, § 2; 2010, ch. 72.]