Section 2-103 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] State Administrator(a) There is a State Administrator of Elections.(b) The State Administrator shall: (1) be appointed by the State Board, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland, and serve at the pleasure of the State Board;(2) receive a salary as provided in the State budget;(3) as provided in the State budget, employ and supervise:(i) a deputy administrator, who shall serve as State Administrator in the event the State Administrator resigns, becomes disabled, or dies, pending the appointment of a successor State Administrator; and(ii) pursuant to the State Personnel and Pensions Article, other staff of the State Board;(4) supervise the operations of the local boards;(5) perform all duties and exercise all powers that are assigned by law to the State Administrator or delegated by the State Board;(6) implement, in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, a single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list;(7) provided the State Board is fully constituted with five duly confirmed members, be subject to removal by the affirmative vote of four duly confirmed members of the State Board; and(8) be the chief State election official.(c) Before taking office, the appointee to the office of State Administrator shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.Amended by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 153, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2023.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.