WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 370

CHAPTER 370
(House Bill 650)

AN ACT concerning

Elections - Voter Registration                                   

FOR the purpose of making changes in provisions of law relating to voter registration to
comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993; designating the State
Administrator of Election Laws as the chief State election official; revising
provisions of law concerning voter registration by mail; providing for voter
registration on applications for the issuance and renewal of driver's licenses;
providing that a change of address or change of name form submitted to the Motor
Vehicle Administration for driver's license purposes also serve as notice of a change
of address or change of name for voter registration purposes, except under certain
circumstances; providing for the designation and duties of voter registration
agencies at public and private locations; defining the circumstances in which voters
may be removed from the voter roll; providing for the identification, notification,
and removal of certain voters from the voter roll; providing for the interpretation of
this Act; making provisions of this Act severable; providing for a delayed effective
date; and generally relating to the registration of voters.

BY adding to

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 1-1(a)(5A), 3-2A, 3-2B, and 3-17A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code
Section 1A-1(b), 3-1(c), 3-8(a), and 3-17(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 3-2(e), 3-20, and 3-24

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

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