Ch. 89 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code
Section 27-1 (b), 27-2, and 27-4
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

27-1.

(b) A registered voter may vote by absentee ballot under this subtitle if the
voter:

(1) May be absent for any reason from the county or Baltimore City where
the voter is registered to vote on election day;

(2) Is a full-time student at a college or university located outside the
precinct but within the county in which the student is registered to vote and whose
academic requirements preclude the student from being present at the polls on any
election day; [or

(3) Is a qualified person as defined in § 27-2 of this article.]

(3) HAS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR IS CONFINED IN OR
RESTRICTED TO AN INSTITUTION WHICH PRECLUDES THE VOTER FROM
BEING PRESENT AND PERSONALLY VOTING AT THE POLLS ON ANY
ELECTION DAY; OR

(4) IS UNABLE TO BE PRESENT AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION
DAY BECAUSE OF A DEATH OR SERIOUS ILLNESS IN THE VOTER'S
IMMEDIATE FAMILY; OR

(5) IS UNABLE TO BE PRESENT AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION
DAY AS A RESULT OF ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT.

27-2.

[(a) Any qualified voter whose physical disability or confinement in or restriction
to an institution prevents or will prevent him from being present and personally voting
at the polls on any election day shall also be entitled to vote as an absentee voter under
this subtitle. Such voter shall make application for an absentee ballot as provided in §
27-4 of this article. The application shall be filed in the office of the board of
supervisors of elections not later than the Tuesday preceding any election. Upon receipt
of the application the board shall mail to the voter entitled thereto an absentee ballot.
In all other respects, absentee voting as provided for in this section shall be similar to
and controlled by the applicable procedure provided by law for absentee voting.]

[(a-1)] (A) (1) After the Tuesday preceding an election and on the day of the

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