Yes – Maryland authorizes electronic voting for both homeowners associations and condominiums through nearly identical language:
• Condominium Statute: §11-139.2
• Homeowners Association Statute: §11B-113.2
The board of directors can authorize electronic voting directly, without a separate consent step from each owner.
What Maryland Law Requires
The board of directors may authorize owners to submit a vote or proxy electronically, as long as the electronic transmission includes information verifying it actually came from that owner (or their proxy) – overriding anything in the governing documents that would otherwise say no. Separately, Maryland law also requires that elections for the governing body be conducted by independent parties who aren’t candidates and don’t have a conflict of interest – and it specifically allows the association to retain a third-party vendor or commercial technology platform to conduct the election instead of finding volunteer independent parties itself (Real Property §11-109(c)(17)-(18) for condos, §11B-118 for HOAs).
Does Vote HOA Now’s Platform Conform?
Yes. The platform verifies that every electronic vote or proxy actually came from the owner it claims to, satisfying Maryland’s core requirement. Also, since Maryland law lets an association retain a third-party vendor to satisfy its independent-party election requirement, using Vote HOA Now checks that box too.
Have We Run Elections in Maryland?
Vote HOA Now serves HOA and condo associations across Maryland. Our team includes former community managers, and we’ve worked directly with attorneys on state-specific compliance questions like this one.
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