1014                            Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 439

Replacement Volume and 1969 Supplement), title "Election Code,"
subtitle "Registration of Voters—How and by Whom Conducted,"
to permit persons filing for a temporary certificate of registration
to vote at the Board of Election Supervisors by means of an
absentee ballot PRECINCT AS THOUGH HIS ORIGINAL REG-
ISTRATION FORM WERE PRESENT.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3-15(a) AND (C) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume and 1969 Supplement), title
"Election Code," subtitle "Registration of Voters—How and by
Whom Conducted," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

3-15(a).

If at any election, it shall appear that the original registration
form of any person presenting himself as a voter is not among the
cards constituting the precinct register for use on election day, such
person may apply to the board, or a majority of its members on
forms to be provided by the board, for a certificate entitling him to
cast his ballot in spite of the absence of such original registration
form. Upon receipt of any application of such a certificate, ac-
companied by proof of the identity of the applicant, a majority of
the board shall inspect the duplicate registration forms retained in
the office of the board, and if inspection discloses that the applicant
is a duly registered voter, a majority of the board shall make reason-
able effort to locate the applicant's original registration form. If
such original form is not found and if a majority of the board shall
be satisfied that its absence is not due to fraud or malfeasance, the
board or a majority of its members shall issue its certificate [, a
copy of which shall be retained by the board CERTIFICATION, to
the judges of the precinct in which the applicant is found to be a regis-
tered voter]. The certificate shall be marked "Temporary Certificate
of Registration," shall be in the form provided by subsection (c) of
this section, and shall be sufficient authority to permit the voter to
cast his ballot [in his precinct] be means of an absentee ballot at the
board as though his original registration form were present. [The
certificate, when presented to COMPLETED BY the judges shall be
retailed RETAINED by the judges and returned to the board at the
time prescribed for the return of the original registration forms.]

(C) FORM OF TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE.—THE FORM
OF THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:

TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

................................................................ ELECTION

DATE: ............................................................

TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTIONS

OF THE ................................ PRECINCT ...................... WARD OR

ELECTION DISTRICT.

UPON THE APPLICATION OF......................AND PURSUANT

TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3-15, ARTICLE 33 OF THE
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF MARYLAND, [WE, THE UNDER-