WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 370

(F) (G) REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SECTION AND § 3-2A OF THIS SUBTITLE, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR TRAINING
AGENCY AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMPLOYEES, SHALL BE ADOPTED BY THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS IN COOPERATION WITH EACH SUCH
AGENCY.

(H) (1) THE STATE BOARD SHALL DESIGNATE OTHER STATE AND LOCAL
OFFICES THAT ARE FREQUENTED BY THE PUBLIC TO DISTRIBUTE VOTER
REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS.

(2) SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND
NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, THE STATE BOARD MAY DESIGNATE SUCH
AGENCIES AND ENTITIES TO DISTRIBUTE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS.

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 paragraph (1) of this subsection; or

2.       A. It was either mailed on or before 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 shall be
accepted, but the registration of the applicant may not become effective until the
registration records are next open pursuant to this subsection.                             

(iii) For the purposes of subparagraph (i)2 of this paragraph 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 shall suffice to establish that the application was timely
mailed if:

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