Ch. 370

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c)     (1) The verification notice shall be sent by first class mail to the voter's
address as it appears on the board's registration records, and the notice shall be marked
"do not forward, address correction requested".

(2)     (i) If the United States Postal Service returns a notice to the board
marked as "undeliverable" or with a, similar statement, the board shall mail to the voter a
"notification letter" stating that failure by the voter to respond to the letter within 2
weeks from the date of the notification letter shall cause the voter's name to be removed
from the board's voter registration files.

(ii) The "notification letter" shall be sent by first class mail, marked
"please forward", to the most current address reflected in the voter's registration record.
A copy of the "notification letter", marked "please forward", also shall be sent to the
voter's forwarding address if that address is provided to the board by the postal service.

(3)     The verification notice shall contain only those elements of voter
registration data selected for verification as those elements are shown in the voter's
registration record at the time the notice is produced.

(4)     The verification notice shall include spaces on it or a separate form on
which the voter may either:

(i) Enter any change or correction; or

(ii) Indicate that the voter no longer resides in the county subject to
the board's jurisdiction or in the State.

(5)     Upon the return to the board of a notice by the voter requesting that a
change or correction be made to the voter's registration record, the board shall:

(i) Make the change or correction; and

(ii) Prepare and mail to the voter a notification that reflects the
changes or corrections requested by the voter.

(6)     If the voter returns a notice indicating that the voter is no longer a
resident of the county or State, the board shall remove the voter's record from its voter
registration files.

(d)     In establishing a mail verification program under this section, the board shall
adopt procedures that fully comply with the Federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (P.L. 99-410) in order to protect the registration status and
franchise of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be
interpreted consistently with the reports of the United States House of Representatives
and the United States Senate, the Conference Committee Reports accompanying the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993, and any other interpretive documents issued by
the Federal Election Commission.

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