HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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

Article 33 - Election Code

15-4.

(a) A registered voter offering to vote at any election,
before being permitted to vote, shall identify himself by signing
a voting authority card and giving any change of address or name
in the presence of the judges which shall be entered on the
voting authority card or on a change of address or name form by
the voter. When electronically reproduced voter authority cards
are used, the voter shall enter his date of birth in the spaces
provided, if such information is not preprinted. [Unless an
electronically reproduced precinct register is used, the judge in
charge of the precinct register shall compare the signature upon
that card with the signature upon the registration card, and if
they are not identical, the applicant may not be permitted to
vote unless the majority of judges are of the opinion that he is
the same person whose name appears upon the registration card. If
the entry "Cannot sign" appears upon the registration card, or if
an electronically produced precinct register is used, then the]
THE applicant shall state his BIRTHDAY OR THE MONTH AND DAY OF
THE APPLICANT'S BIRTH, OR THE APPLICANT'S age, which shall be
compared with the BIRTHDAY OR age stated upon [the registration
card or] the listed voter registration information[, as the case
may be], or the applicant shall identify himself by such other
means as are referred to upon IN the [registration card or]
listed information. If, upon [comparison of the INFORMATION
[signature or other] CONFIRMING identification, it is found that
the applicant is entitled to vote, then the judge having charge
of the precinct register shall approve the voting authority card
and write his initials thereon. The number of voting authority
cards furnished to the judges shall exceed by ten percent the
number of registered voters in the precinct. Each voting
authority card shall be numbered and dated, and they shall be
handed to the applicants in numerical order, as these applicants
appear and offer to vote.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved April 29, 1986.