598                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 287

Absentee Voters," "REGISTRATION OF VOTERS—GENERAL
PROVISIONS," to permit a citizen of the U.S. temporarily residing
outside the territorial limits of the U.S., and full-time and regular
students in bona fide schools, colleges, hospitals or similar institu-
tions, outside of the county or City of Baltimore in which he
permanently resides to register and reregister by casting his
absentee ballot TO PERMIT ANY CONSTITUTIONALLY
QUALIFIED VOTER IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES TO
REGISTER AND REREGISTER BY CASTING HIS ABSENTEE
BALLOT.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3-7 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume), title "Election Code," subtitle "Regis-
tration of Absentee Voters" "REGISTRATION OF VOTERS—GEN-
ERAL PROVISIONS", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

3-7.

(a) Any qualified voter whose physical disability confines him
to a hospital or causes him to be confined to bed and permanently
prevents him from being present to register or reregister at the
office of any board or with any board of registry, shall be allowed
to register or reregister by casting his absentee ballot.

(b) Any qualified voter who is: (1) a member of any branch

of the armed forces of the United States or any component thereof,

including those honorably discharged therefrom within thirty (30)
days prior to the last registration day prior to an election, and
including his spouse or children; (2) a person employed as an officer
or member of the crew of any vessel documented under the laws of

the United States or enrolled for such employment with the federal

government, and his spouse or children; (3) a civilian employee

of the United States in all categories serving outside the United

States, whether or not subject to the civil service laws, and whether

or not paid from funds appropriated by Congress, and his spouse
or children; (4) any person serving within the American Red Cross,

the Society of Friends and Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots, and

the United Service Organization who is attached to or serving with
the armed forces of the United States outside the United States,

and his spouse or children. [,] [shall be allowed to register and

section, a voter shall be deemed and held to have resided continuously

in the precinct in which he resided at the time he first left to become

absent and engaged in such service for the entire period he has been

so absent and engaged.] (5) a citizen of the United States tem-

porarily residing outside the territorial limits of the United States

and his spouse and children; (6) a full-time and regular student in

a bona-fide school, college, hospital or similar institution outside the

county or Baltimore City in which he permanently resides, shall be
allowed to register and reregister by casting his absentee ballot. For
purpose of this subsection, a voter shall be deemed and held to have
resided continuously in the precinct in which he resided at the time
he first left to become absent or engaged in such service for the

entire period he has been so absent or engaged.