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Ch. 372
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 372
(House Bill 209)
AN ACT concerning
Assistance in Voting
FOR the purpose of providing that certain persons who require
assistance to vote may be given assistance by a person of
the voter's choice, other than excluding certain persons;
and providing the procedure by which such assistance may be
obtained and provided.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code
Section 16-12 and 27-2(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1982 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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Article 33 - Election Code
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16-12.
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(a) With the aid of the diagrams authorized in §
16-10(c)(l) of this article and the mechanically operated model,
the judges, if requested by the voter, shall instruct each such
voter, before he enters the voting machine booth, regarding the
operation of the machine, and shall give the voter opportunity
personally to operate the model.
(b) [No assistance in marking ballots or operating the
voting machine shall be given, except to voters who are blind,
have impaired vision or are otherwise incapable from physical
disability from marking the ballot or operating the voting
machine.] ANY VOTER WHO REQUIRES ASSISTANCE TO VOTE BY REASON OF
BLINDNESS, DISABILITY, OR INABILITY TO READ THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
OR WRITE MAY BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE BY A PERSON OF THE VOTER'S
CHOICE, OTHER THAN NOT TO INCLUDE THE VOTER'S EMPLOYER OR AGENT
OF THAT EMPLOYER OR OFFICER OR AGENT OF THE VOTER'S UNION.
(c) (1) Assistance in marking their ballots or operating a
voting machine shall be given to voters who shall declare under
oath to the judges that by reason of blindness, [impaired vision
or other physical] disability, OR INABILITY TO READ THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE OR WRITE they are unable without assistance to mark
their ballots or operate the voting machine. No ballot shall be
marked under this section or voting machine operated until a
majority of the judges shall be satisfied of the truth of the
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