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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 382

to that effect, it [shall not be] IS NOT necessary to
mail a notice to the address of the voter, and his
registration may be [forthwith] cancelled, as hereinafter
provided, by removing the registration cards or forms of
the voter from the original and duplicate files and
placing the same in a transfer file.

15-4.

(a) A registered voter offering to vote at any
election, before being permitted to vote, shall identify
himself by signing a voting authority card and giving any
change of address OR NAME in the presence of the judges
which shall be entered on the voting authority card or on
a change of address OR NAME form by the voter. Unless an
electronically reproduced precinct register is used, the
judge in charge of the precinct register shall compare
the signature upon that card with the signature upon the
registration card[; if the same], AND IF THEY are not
identical, the applicant may not be permitted to vote
unless the majority of judges are of the opinion that he
is the same person whose name appears upon the
registration card. If the entry "Cannot sign" appears
upon the registration card, or if an electronically
produced precinct register is used, then the applicant
shall state his age, which shall be compared with the age
stated upon the registration card or the listed voter
registration information, as the case may be[; or], OR
the applicant shall identify himself by such other means
as are referred to upon the registration card or listed
information. If, upon comparison of the signature or
other identification, it is found that the applicant is
entitled to vote, then the judge having charge of the
precinct register shall approve the voting authority card
and write his initials thereon. The number of voting
authority cards furnished to the judges shall exceed by
ten [per centum] PERCENT the number of registered voters
in the precinct. Each voting authority card shall be
numbered and dated, and they shall be handed to the
applicants in numerical order, as these applicants appear
and offer to vote.

15-5.

[No one] A PERSON who is not registered as a
qualified voter of the precinct [shall be entitled to
vote or to] MAY NOT VOTE OR receive a ballot[; but no
vote shall be], BUT A VOTE MAY NOT BE rejected because of
an error in the [spelling of the] voter's name or because
of the wrongful omission or addition of one or more
initials of his middle name or names, or because the
voter gives the initials[,] OF one or more of his
[Christian or] given name or names, instead of his full
name, or one or more of his [Christian or] given name or
names, instead of the initial or initials thereof, or
because of an error in the number of his residence on the
register, provided a majority of the judges are satisfied
that the person offering to vote is the identical person