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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 156

FOR the purpose of providing that whenever the fact of voting is
recorded in an automated or computerized system, recording
of the fact of voting in a certain manner is not required,
provided certain conditions are met.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code
Section 3-12

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

3-12.

(a) The boards shall prescribe the style, color, quality
and dimensions of all forms, cards and records required for the
continuous registration of voters as herein provided and shall
prescribe the requirements of the cabinets, binders, and other
equipment needed for filing the original and duplicate
registration cards. No particular design or make shall be
prescribed for such cabinets, binders, or other equipment. These
registration forms or cards shall consist of an equal number of
original cards or loose-leaf pages of one color, and duplicate
cards or loose-leaf pages of another color, or a size adequate to
contain the information required. Two separate registration cards
shall be utilized at all registrations by the registrars, and
carbonized registration forms may be substituted for the two
separate registration cards. [Provisions] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, PROVISIONS shall be made on the
cards or loose-leaf pages for recording the fact that registered
voters have or have not voted at each election. Space shall be
provided for such recording for a period of not less than 12
years. The fact of voting shall be indicated by writing the
letter "V" in the proper space. Provision shall also be made on
the cards or loose-leaf pages for showing subsequent changes of
address or party affiliation. This subsection does not apply if
registration-by-mail forms are used for all voter registrations.

(B) WHENEVER THE FACT OF VOTING IS RECORDED IN AN AUTOMATED
OR COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM, RECORDING OF THE FACT OF VOTING ON THE
REGISTRATION CARD OR LOOSE-LEAF PAGES AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION IS NOT REQUIRED, PROVIDED :

(1) THE VOTING RECORD INFORMATION MAINTAINED IN THE
AUTOMATED OR COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED ON A CURRENT
BASIS , FOR A PERIOD COVERING THE 5 PRECEDING YEARS AND CAN BE
UPDATED OR CORRECTED WHERE APPROPRIATE, IS ; AND