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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 169
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 33 - Election Code
3-8.
(a) (1) Except as provided in § 2-9(e) of this article and
paragraph (2) of this subsection, no person may register:
(i) Between 9 p.m. on the 5th Monday preceding
a primary or special primary election and the 11th day after that
election; or
(ii) Between 9 p.m. on the 5th Monday preceding
a general or special election and the 16th day following that
election.
(2) (i) A voter registration application which is
received by mail by any local board or by the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws shall be considered as
received timely for registration for the next election provided:
1. It is received prior to the deadline
for registration established in subsection (a)(1) of this
section; or
2. A. It was EITHER mailed ON OR before
[that deadline;] THE 5TH MONDAY PRECEDING A PRIMARY, SPECIAL
PRIMARY, OR GENERAL ELECTION OR, IF THAT MONDAY IS A LEGAL PUBLIC
HOLIDAY AS SET OUT IN 5 U.S.C. § 6103(A), ON OR BEFORE THE 4TH
TUESDAY PRECEDING A PRIMARY, SPECIAL PRIMARY, OR GENERAL
ELECTION;
B. The United States Postal Service, or
the postal service of any other country, has provided
verification of that fact by affixing a mark so indicating on the
covering envelope; and
C. The application is received by 4 p.m.
on the fourth Wednesday preceding the election involved.
(ii) An application received after the
APPLICABLE deadline [established in subsection (a)(1) of this
section] shall be accepted, but the registration of the applicant
may not become effective until the registration records are next
open pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(iii) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(i)2. of
this subsection as it applies to applications received from
outside the United States, as defined in § 27-9(d)(4) of this
article, the applicant's affidavit that the application was
completed and mailed before the APPLICABLE deadline [established
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