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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 291
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assistance it renders and with each recertification, renewal, or change of address
form relating to such service or assistance;
(2) Provide a document to prospective registrants that includes:
(i) The question, "If you are not registered to vote where you live
now, would you like to apply to register to vote here today?";
(ii) If the agency provides public assistance, the statement,
"Applying to register or declining to register to vote will not affect the amount of
assistance that you will be provided by this agency.";
(iii) Boxes for the applicant to check to indicate whether the
applicant would like to register or declines to register to vote together with the
statement (in close proximity to the boxes and in prominent type), "If you do not check
either box, you will be considered to have decided not to register to vote at this time";
(iv) The statement, "If you would like help in filling out the voter
registration application form, we will help you. The decision whether to seek or accept
help is yours. You may fill out the application form in private.";
(v) The statement, "If you believe that someone has interfered with
your right to register or to decline to register to vote, your right to privacy in deciding
whether to register or in applying to register to vote, or your right to choose your own
political party or other political preference, you may file a complaint with the State
Board of Elections"; and
(vi) The address and toll free telephone number of the State Board;
(3) Provide each applicant who does not decline to register to vote and
who accepts assistance the same degree of assistance with regard to completion of the
registration application as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of
its own applications, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; and
(4) Accept the completed voter registration application for transmittal to
the appropriate election board.
(c) At the time that an individual enrolls, registers, or pays for course work
provided by a public institution of higher education in the State, the institution shall
provide the individual with an opportunity to request a voter registration application.
If the individual requests a voter registration application, the institution shall
provide, or cause to be provided, an application to the individual.
(d) An applicant may mail the voter registration application to the
appropriate State election official or return it to the voter registration agency for
transmittal to the appropriate election official.
(e) Within 5 days from the acceptance of a voter registration application, the
voter registration agency shall forward the application to the appropriate State
election official.
(f) If a voter registration agency is an office described in subsection (a)(2)(ii) of
this section, which provides services to an individual with a disability at the
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