Ch. 421                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                   881

(b)   Any constitutionally qualified voter in the following categories shall be
allowed to register and reregister by casting his absentee ballot. UNLESS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED, ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE
BALLOTS MUST BE. RECEIVED WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED IN
SECTION 27-4(A) OF THIS ARTICLE:

(1)  A member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States or any
component thereof, including those honorably discharged therefrom during the
period beginning thirty (30) days prior to the last registration day prior to an
election and continuing up to and including the date of the election, and including
his spouse or dependents, AND HIS APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE
BALLOT MAY BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD IN HIS COUNTY OR
CITY OF RESIDENCE NO LATER THAN 8 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE
ELECTION;

(2)  A person 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 dependents;

(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 dependents;

(4)  Any person serving with 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 dependents;

(5)   Any citizen and resident who is continuously absent from his county of
residence, or, in the case of a resident of the City of Baltimore, from Baltimore
City for the thirty (30) days prior to the closing of registration before any election,
either of whom may apply for registration and voting during those thirty (30) days,
providing his application is received by the board in his county or city of residence
no later than the fifth Monday which is four weeks before the election for which he
applies for voting[.]; AND

(6)    ANY OTHERWISE QUALIFIED VOTER WHOSE CONFINEMENT
IN OR RESTRICTION TO AN INSTITUTION PREVENTS HIM FROM
BEING PRESENT TO REGISTER OR REREGISTER AT THE OFFICE OF
ANY BOARD OR WITH ANY BOARD OF REGISTRY.

(c)   For purposes of this 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 or engaged in such service for the entire period he has been so
absent or engaged.

(d)  When properly registered under this section, a person shall continue as a
registered voter to the same extent and for the same period that he would be
registered had he appeared in person and been registered under the provisions of
the election laws of Maryland, exclusive of this section.

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