Ch. 90 LAWS OF MARYLAND

absentee ballot, which application must be received not later than the Tuesday
preceding the election. The application shall contain an affidavit, which need not be
under oath but which shall set forth such information, under penalty of perjury, as may
be required by the State Administrative Board of Election Laws. UPON RECEIPT OF
THE APPLICATION THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE, TO THE VOTER OR A DULY
AUTHORIZED AGENT, AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 90
(Senate Bill 141)

AN ACT concerning

Election Code - Write-in Candidates - Write-in Votes

FOR the purpose of clarifying certain provisions relating to the filing of certain campaign
finance reports by certain persons involved in a write-in candidacy; repealing the
requirement that write-in candidates pay a certain filing fee; providing that all
write-in votes be transmitted by the board of canvassers in general elections; and
generally relating to write-in candidates and votes.

BY repealing

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 4A-6(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code
Section 4D l(b) 4D-l(a) and (b) and 17-5(b)
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

4A-6.

[(h) A write-in candidate, as determined under § 4D-1 of this article, is required
to pay a filing fee equal to that required of a candidate for nomination to the same
office sought by the write-in candidate or to the office to which he is promoted.]

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