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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 2013
hallways except as to a building owned and occupied by a
bona fide volunteer fire company, service club, veterans
organization or fraternal organization in Allegany
County.
(2) In Baltimore City public buildings shall
be used for polling places to the greatest extent
feasible. For rental of privately owned polling places
in Baltimore City the board of supervisors shall pay an
amount as determined from time to time in the ordinance
of estimates, provided that such amount shall be uniform
on a citywide basis.
(3) EVERY POLLING PLACE, TO THE EXTENT
FEASIBLE, SHALL BE STRUCTURALLY BARRIER FREE IN ORDER TO
PERMIT EASY REASONABLE ACCESS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING,
TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED VOTERS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION, "PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED VOTER" MEANS ANY
VOTER WHO HAS TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY LOST THE USE OF
A LEG OR BOTH LEGS OR A FOOT OR BOTH FEET OR ANY
COMBINATION; WHO IS SO SEVERELY DISABLED AS TO BE UNABLE
TO MOVE WITHOUT THE AID OF BRACES, CANES, CRUTCHES OR A
WHEELCHAIR; WHOSE MOBILITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED__BY
REASON OF HEART OR LUNG DISEASE; WHO SUFFERS FROM
HEMOPHILIA; OR WHO IS BLIND OR WHOSE VISION IS
SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRED.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 3—21A be and it is hereby added to Article 33 —
Election Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) to read as
follows:
Article 33 — Election Code
3-21A.
(A) IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT A PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED VOTER IS QUALIFIED, IT SHALL ASSIGN THE VOTER
TO AN ELECTION DISTRICT, WARD, OR PRECINCT WHOSE POLLING
PLACE IS STRUCTURALLY BARRIER FREE IN ORDER TO PERMIT
EASY REASONABLE ACCESS FOR THE VOTER IF THE VOTERS
VOTER'S OWN POLLING PLACE IS NOT SO DESIGNED. A PERSON
WHO HAS QUALIFIED AS A PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED VOTER
ENTITLED TO VOTE AT AN ALTERNATE POLLING PLACE SHALL BE
REGARDED AS A VOTER WHO IS UNABLE TO VOTE PERSONALLY AT
HIS OWN POLLING PLACE. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR ASSIGNMENT
TO AN ALTERNATE POLLING PLACE, THE VOTER SHALL APPLY FOR
A CHANGE IN POLLING PLACE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS NO LATER THAN
THE CLOSING OF REGISTRATION FOR ANY ELECTION. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED VOTER"
MEANS ANY VOTER WHO HAS TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY LOST
THE USE OF A LEG OR BOTH LEGS OR A FOOT OR BOTH FEET OR
ANY COMBINATION; WHO IS SO SEVERELY DISABLED AS TO BE
UNABLE TO MOVE WITHOUT THE AID OF BRACES, CANES, CRUTCHES
OR A WHEELCHAIR; WHOSE MOBILITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED
BY REASON OF HEART OR LUNG DISEASE; WHO SUFFERS FROM
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