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      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)      submit voter registration reports to the State Board;

            (5)      initiate and conduct any program approved by the State Board to identify, notify, and remove from the voter registration rolls any registrant who has become ineligible due to a change of address;

            (6)      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;

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

            (8)      receive certificates of candidacy;

            (9)      verify nominating petitions;

            (10)      receive and maintain campaign finance reports;

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

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

** SPECIAL NOTE: EFFECTIVE - JANUARY 1, 2006 - CHAPTER 572 - 2005 **

      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 nominating petitions;

            (8)      receive and maintain campaign finance reports;

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

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