Ch. 19                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(6)     upon the request of an elderly or disabled voter whose polling place is
not structurally barrier free, provide an alternate polling place to the voter;

(7)     issue voter acknowledgment notices and voter notification cards;

(8)     receive certificates of candidacy;

(9)     verify nominating petitions;

(10)   receive and maintain campaign finance reports;

(11)   in consultation with the local board, conduct the canvass following an
election; and

(12)   subject to [subsection (b) of this section] § 9-306 OF THIS ARTICLE,
process and reject absentee ballot applications.

[(b) A voter may appeal a decision of the election director to the local board
regarding the rejection of an absentee ballot application under subsection (a)(12) of
this section.]

3-202.

(b) The voter registration application form prescribed [by the Federal Election
Commission] pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 shall be
accepted by the appropriate election official for purposes of voter registration.

3-203.

(d) [(1) If a driver's license renewal or a change of name or address is not
completed in person with a customer service representative at a Motor Vehicle
Administration office, the Motor Vehicle Administration shall state clearly that:

(i) the information will be used for voter registration purposes; and

(ii) the registrant has the right to declare that the information may
not be used for purposes of voter registration.

(2)] The Motor Vehicle Administration shall follow the procedures
established jointly by the Motor Vehicle Administration and the State Board to
process the voter registration information received under this [subsection] SECTION.

5-1204.

(a)     If a vacancy in candidacy is properly filled and certified to the appropriate
board within the time prescribed under this title and the State Administrator, in
consultation with the election director of the local board, determines that there is
sufficient time for the local board to [reprint] CHANGE the ballots with the correct
names, the local board shall [reprint] CHANGE the ballots.

(b)     If a vacancy in candidacy is properly filled and certified to the appropriate
board within the time prescribed under this title [and the voting system utilizes a
separate ballot for each voter], and the State Administrator, in consultation with the
election director of the local board, determines that there is. not sufficient time for the

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