1404                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 333

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 3-8(a) and 3-9(a) of Article 33 -
Election Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code
3-8.

(a) (1) No person may register [or, if registered,
change his address or name] after the fifth Monday
preceding or during the ten days following a primary or
special primary election; nor may he register [, or, if
registered, change his address or name] after the fifth
Monday preceding or during the fifteen days following a
general or special election.

(2) ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO MOVES FROM THE ADDRESS
SPECIFIED IN THE VOTER'S REGISTRATION OR WHOSE NAME IS
CHANGED BY MARRIAGE [[OR]], COURT DECREE OR ANY OTHER
LAWFUL MEANS, SHALL, WITHIN 30 DAYS THEREAFTER, NOTIFY
THE BOARD OF THE VOTER'S FORMER AND NEW ADDRESSES OR
FORMER AND NEW NAMES, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

3-9.

(a) (1) Subject to the provisions of § 3—8 of this
article, notification of a move within or without another
ward, district or precinct within the city or county, as
the case may be, or of a change of name, or a request for
designation or change of party affiliation, may be made
either by written notice sent by mail, or by making
application in person at the office of the board or other
place of registration, or by written notice to the board
signed by the voter requesting that the proper form for
providing such written notification be mailed to the
voter.

(2) IF NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR NAME
IS RECEIVED AFTER THE FIFTH MONDAY PRECEDING A PRIMARY OR
SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION, THE BOARD MAY NOT PROCESS THE
CHANGE ON THE VOTER'S REGISTRATION RECORDS UNTIL AFTER
THE TENTH DAY FOLLOWING THAT ELECTION; AND IF SUCH
NOTIFICATION IS RECEIVED AFTER THE FIFTH MONDAY PRECEDING
A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION, THE BOARD MAY NOT PROCESS
THE CHANGE UNTIL AFTER THE FIFTEENTH DAY FOLLOWING THAT
ELECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.