512                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 216

Board of Supervisors of Elections of................................................ (County or

Baltimore City):

I,.........................................................................................., hereby apply for a Maryland

(Print Name)

Absentee Ballot for the Election to be held on............................................................

(Date of Election)

I will not be able to vote in person because............................................................

(State reason)

My home address is..........................................................................................in the city,

(No. and Street or RFD)

town or village of.........................................., in the County of..........................................,

Maryland, and my voting district (or ward) and precinct to the best

of my knowledge is.....................................................................................

I am now registered as.........................................................................

(Party or Decline)

I desire that the absentee ballot be sent to me at the following
address:

(Sign Name)

Warning! The Absentee Voting Law provides that anyone who wil-
fully signs any false application or oath, or who wilfully does any
act contrary to the terms and provisions of the Absentee Voting Law
with intent to cast an illegal vote or to aid another in doing so, or
who wilfully violates any of the provisions of that law or who applies
for a ballot under any other name than his own, shall, upon convic-
tion, be subject to a fine of $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more
than two years, or to both, in the discretion of the court. Warning!
An absentee ballot will not be sent to you unless you are registered
to vote in elections in this State.

Uniform Act For Voting By New Residents In
Presidential Elections

28-1.

(a)  Each citizen of the United States who has been a resident of
this State for less than [twelve] six months on the day before the
day of a presidential election, may vote for presidential and vice-
presidential electors at that election, but for no other officers or
matters submitted to the voters, provided [(a)] (1) he shall have
resided in a ward or election district where he offers to vote at least
[forty-five] thirty days next preceding such presidential election,
[(b)] (2) otherwise possesses the substantive qualifications to vote
in this State; except the requirements of residence and registration,
and [(c)] (3) complies with the provisions of this subtitle.

(b)  Each citizen of the United States who is qualified to vote in
any County or Baltimore City in any election for President and
Vice President and has begun residence in another State after the
30th day next preceding such election and, for that reason, does not
satisfy the registration requirements of such State, he shall be
allowed to vote for the choice of electors for President and Vice
President, or for President and Vice President, in such election, (1)
in person in the County or Baltimore City in which he resided imme-
diately prior to his removal to another State if he had satisfied, as
of the date of his change of residence, the requirements to vote in
that County or Baltimore City, or (2) by absentee ballot in the