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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 471

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 — Election Code

Section 3-20 (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

3-20.

(a) If a registered voter has not voted at least once
at a primary, general or special election within the five
preceding calendar years, it shall be the duty of the board
or the board of permanent registry unless cause to the
contrary be shown, to cause the registration of that voter
to be cancelled by removing the registration cards or forms
of the voter from the original and duplicate files and
placing them in a transfer file. [In the cities of
Hagerstown and Frederick voting] VOTING in [a] ANY municipal
election during this period will satisfy the requirements of
this section, IF VOTER REGISTRATION FOR THE MUNICIPAL
ELECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH
THE MUNICIPALITY IS LOCATED AND IF THE MUNICIPALITY PROMPTLY

FURNISHED A LISTING OF ALL VOTERS CASTING VOTES IN THAT

ELECTION. A notice of this action and the reason therefor
shall be sent to the last known address of the voter,
notifying him to appear before the board at a date specified
in the notice not earlier than one week or later than two
weeks from the date of mailing of the notice, and to show
cause why his name should not be removed from the registry.
In addition, in Baltimore City the names and last known
street addresses of these voters whose registration is to be
cancelled shall be published in a local newspaper of general
circulation one month prior to the date of removal.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 472
(Senate Bill 525)
AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Registration Fees - Church School
Vehicles Exempted