Speaker 2, identified in the transcript as the director‑level presenter, told the Baltimore County Board of Elections the office will ask the board to approve redistricting descriptions and a 258‑precinct polling‑place plan at a virtual meeting proposed for Jan. 7, to allow voter notification mailings to proceed.

The director said staff increased the county’s precinct count by 15 — to 258 total — mainly through consolidation into existing buildings, and that voter notification cards will be mailed once the board approves the plan. “We will send everybody a voter notification card,” Speaker 2 said, noting the county will wait until mid‑January to avoid holiday mail confusion.

The director also described a substantial administrative backlog created when the state board delivered a March 2024 file only in October 2025. “We got all of those finished. It was almost 12,000 total,” Speaker 2 said, explaining staff individually checked records to verify whether voters had moved, become inactive, or passed away and asked the board to count that work as part of the manual review figures.

Speaker 2 outlined how a recent law change replaces routine post‑general manual audits with a requirement to perform risk‑limiting audits after primaries and generals. “We have to finish the risk limiting audit prior to the statewide certification,” Speaker 2 said, and reported local directors are on a state work group creating procedures and regulations.

Staff progress on other operational items included completing full‑book battery testing ahead of the state deadline and receiving updated law books. The director summarized an updated election‑judge training program that uses an online video and a short in‑person class for returning judges, and a full in‑person session for new judges; the online module includes a quiz with an 80–85% pass threshold.

Speaker 2 also told the board that Maryland’s new language‑access rules require many voter information materials be available in English and Spanish, but that state guidance remains unclear about whether the sample ballot itself must be translated. The director said she is awaiting final state clarification before finalizing insert placement and ballot mockups.

The director asked the board to tentatively approve a Jan. 7, 10 a.m., virtual meeting to sign off on the precinct and polling‑place plan and redistricting descriptions so voter notifications can be printed and mailed on schedule. The board agreed to the tentative date.

Next steps: the director will circulate the polling‑place plan and redistricting descriptions in advance of the Jan. 7 meeting and finalize materials once the state issues clarification on sample‑ballot translation requirements.