§ 3-403. Municipal registration procedures
West's Annotated Code of MarylandElection Law
MD Code, Election Law, § 3-403
Formerly cited as MD CODE Art. 33, § 3-403
§ 3-403. Municipal registration procedures
(a) A voter residing in a municipal corporation is considered to be registered for elections in that municipal corporation if the voter is included on the statewide voter registration list at an address within the municipal corporation.
(b)(1) Not less than 6 months prior to its municipal election, each municipal corporation shall submit a request to the appropriate local board for the development of a plan and a schedule to implement universal registration.
(c) Within 10 days after receipt of the application, the local board shall respond to the municipal corporation liaison and shall designate a local board liaison.
(d) At a mutually agreed upon time, the local board liaison and the municipal corporation liaison shall conduct meetings with other appropriate individuals, if required, for the purpose of developing a schedule and plan for implementing registration under this title.
(e) The plan shall include:
(f)(1) The local board shall provide to a municipal corporation at no cost a certified list of registered voters residing within the boundaries of the municipal corporation in compliance with the plan established pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.
(2)(i) On request by a municipal corporation, the local board shall also provide at no cost a certified list of registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the municipal corporation 90 days prior to the municipal election. The request for this preliminary list of voters shall be made to the board before or during the negotiations authorized in subsection (d) of this section.
(g) This section may not be construed to prohibit a municipal corporation from administering and maintaining a supplemental list of those individuals who are not on the statewide voter registration list but who may otherwise be qualified to register to vote with the municipal corporation.
(h)(1) Whenever the registration of any voter is removed for any reason from the supplemental voter registry maintained by the municipal corporation, the municipal corporation shall send a notice of this action and the reason for the action to the last known address of the voter.
(i)(1) The State shall reimburse a local board or a county government for reasonable initial set-up costs of implementing the plan for universal registration, including the costs associated with:
(2) The local board shall request and, subject to the approval of the State Board, receive a reimbursement for these costs from a fund administered by the State Board. The initial set-up costs incurred directly by a municipal corporation may be reimbursed for circumstances authorized by the State Board.
(j) Upon request by the municipal corporation, the local board shall provide voter registration forms to the municipal corporation.
Credits
Added as Art. 33, § 3-403, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Transferred to Election Law § 3-403 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, c. 25, § 12, eff. April 12, 2005; Acts 2005, c. 572, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Formerly Art. 33, § 3-403.
MD Code, Election Law, § 3-403, MD ELEC LAW § 3-403
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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