Ch. 370                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

1.        The postal service of the country from which the application
was mailed does not provide a postmark; or

2.        The application is received from a private mail service.

(3)      IN THE CASE OF A REGISTRATION APPLICATION RECEIVED BY THE
MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION. OR BY A VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCY
DESIGNATED BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS, THE
APPLICATION IS TIMELY IF IT IS RECEIVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION OR AGENCY
BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE FIFTH MONDAY PRECEDING AN ELECTION.

(4)      EACH APPLICANT TO REGISTER TO VOTE SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF
THE DISPOSITION OF THE APPLICATION.

[(3)] (5) 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.

[(4)] (6) Timely receipt of a voter registration application by any local
board or by the State Administrative Board of Election Laws shall be deemed timely
receipt by the local board in the county in which the applicant's residence is located.

[(5)] (7) Any voter registration application received by the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws shall be forwarded immediately to the local board
in the county in which the applicant's residence is located.

[(6)] (8) Any voter registration application received by a local board for a
county in which the applicant does not reside shall, if the applicant resides in the State,
be forwarded immediately to the local board in the county in which the applicant's
residence is located.

3-17.

(a) (1) If the board learns that a registered voter has changed his name [or has
moved within or without the ward, election district or precinct in which he is registered]
and, within 30 days from the date of such change, has not applied to the board to change
his registration records, the board shall notify the voter by first-class mail sent to his
address as it appears on the board's registration records[, and to his new address, if it is
known,] that if he does not advise the board by a signed writing of his correct [address
or] name within two weeks of the date appearing on the notice, his name will be removed
from the registration records, and he will have to reregister before he can vote in future
elections.

(2) Any board, upon receipt of a signed authorization from a voter to cancel
his registration, shall remove that registration from the registration records.

3-17A.                                                     

(A) A REGISTERED VOTER'S NAME SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE VOTER
ROLL ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES:

(1) AT THE REQUEST OF THE REGISTRANT;

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