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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 174

election, IF HE IS A PERSON DESCRIBED IN § 27-1 (A), if he
is unable to be physically present at the polls as a
result of illness or accident occurring after the time of
making application for an absentee ballot, or IF HE is
unable to be present because of a death or serious
illness in his immediate family occurring after the time
for making application. The application shall be made
under penalty of perjury but without formal oath, setting
forth the reason why the voter is unable to be present at
the polls on the day of the election. Upon receipt of
the application, the board, if satisfied that the person
cannot, in fact, be present at the polling place on the
day of the election, shall issue to the applicant, or his
duly authorized agent, an absentee ballot which shall be
marked by the voter, placed in a sealed envelope, and
returned to the board. If the applicant does not apply
in person, the application shall designate a voter
registered in the same county or Baltimore City as agent
for the purpose of delivering the absentee ballot to the
voter, and the agent shall execute an affidavit under
penalty of perjury that the ballot was delivered to the
voter who submitted the application, was marked by the
voter in the agent's presence, was placed in a sealed
envelope in the agent's presence, and returned, under
seal, to the board by the agent. Any emergency absentee
ballot received by the board after the time for closing
of the polls [shall] MAY not be counted.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
27—4 of Article 33 - Election Code, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

27-4.

[(a) A] EXCEPT FOR PERSONS DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS
27-1 (A) AND 27-2(A-1), A qualified voter desiring to vote
at any election as an absentee voter shall make
application in writing to the board for an absentee
ballot, which application must be received not later than
seven [(7) ] days before the election. The application
shall contain an affidavit, which need not be under oath
but which shall set forth the following information under
penalty of perjury:

(1)    The voter's name and residence address,
including the street and number, if any, or rural route,
if any;

(2)    That the person is a qualified voter at
the residence address given;

(3)    If the person voted at the preceding
election, the residence address from which he voted; and