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Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
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ELECTION LAW |
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TITLE 9. VOTING |
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SUBTITLE 5. VOTING BY MAIL IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS. |
§ 9-502. Vote-by-mail ballot
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(a) In general. --
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a local board shall mail by nonforwardable mail a vote-by-mail ballot to each registered voter who is eligible to vote in a special election.
(2) A local board is not required to mail a vote-by-mail ballot to a voter if the voter has requested that the ballot be sent by other means.
(b) No application required. -- A voter is not required to submit an application to receive a vote-by-mail ballot.
(c) Local board to pay postage. -- In Montgomery County:
(1) each vote-by-mail ballot shall be accompanied by a postage-paid envelope in which a voter may return the voted ballot to the local board; and
(2) the local board shall pay the cost of postage-paid envelopes provided under this subsection.
(d) Timing. -- A local board shall send a vote-by-mail ballot to each eligible voter at least 14 days before the day of a special election.
(e) Address where ballot is mailed. --
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a vote-by-mail ballot shall be mailed to the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list for each eligible voter.
(2) A registered voter may request to receive a vote-by-mail ballot at an address other than the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list by:
(i) submitting an absentee ballot application in accordance with § 9-305(a) of this title not later than the Tuesday preceding the day of a special election, if the voter is temporarily absent from the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list; or
(ii) notifying a local board of a change of address not later than the Tuesday preceding the day of a special election, if the voter's residence has changed from the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list to another location within the State.
(f) Replacement vote-by-mail ballot. -- A local board shall issue a replacement vote-by-mail ballot to a voter if the election director of the local board has reasonable grounds to believe that the vote-by-mail ballot previously issued to the voter has been lost, destroyed, spoiled, or not received.