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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 255

(a) Any qualified voter whose physical disability confines
him to a hospital or causes him to be confined to bed and
permanently prevents him from being present to register or
reregister at the office of any board or with any board of
[registry,] REGISTRY shall be allowed to register or reregister
by casting his absentee ballot.

3-8.

(a)  (1) No person may register after the fifth Monday
preceding or during the ten days following a primary or special
primary election; nor may he register after the fifth Monday
preceding or during the fifteen days following a general or
special election.

(2)  On the fifth Monday preceding any election, the
local board shall accept registration by mail applications until
the board office closes.

(3)  Any registered voter who moves from the address
specified in the voter's registration or changes his name, within
30 days thereafter, shall notify the board of the voter's former
and new addresses or former and new names, as the case may be.

(b)  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection, a registered voter may change his party affiliation,
or change to or from a decline, at any time except:

(i) When registration is closed;

(ii) During the 4 months immediately preceding
a regular primary election; or

(iii) In the district involved, from and
including the day of issuance of a gubernatorial proclamation
calling a special election until and including the day on which
that special election is held.

(2)   If a registered voter changes his residence from
one county to another within the State, he may change his party
affiliation or change to or from a decline at any time when
registration is open when he registers in the county of his new
residence.

(3)  An individual whose registration has been
canceled upon his request within a period set forth in
[subparagraphs] PARAGRAPH (l)(ii) or PARAGRAPH (iii) of this
subsection may not reregister in the same county during the same
period with a party affiliation or nonaffiliation different from
his previous registration.

3-15.

(a) If at any election, it appears that the original
registration form of, or the listed voter registration