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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the state level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more, dictate the conditions under which American citizens bandage their ballots in their corresponding states.

This article includes the post-obit information near voting policies in Maryland:

  • Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
  • In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early voting provisions.
  • Absentee/mail-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details virtually bedevilled felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information election agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

See Election assistants in Maryland for boosted information about election administration in the state, including voter list maintenance policies, provisional ballot rules, and post-election auditing practices.

Voter registration

The tabular array beneath displays voter registration information specific to Maryland's 2022 main election.

Eligibility and registration details

Co-ordinate to the Maryland State Board of Elections, to register to vote in Maryland, one must be a The states citizen and Maryland resident who is at least 16 years quondam. Although a 16-year-quondam can register to vote, he or she cannot vote in an ballot unless he or she will be 18 at the time of the next general election (i.e., 17-twelvemonth-olds are permitted to vote in master elections, then long equally they'll be 18 by the fourth dimension of the corresponding full general election).[i]

In 2013, the Maryland State Legislature approved a bill that authorized same-mean solar day voter registration during the early voting flow. It too expanded the early voting menstruation from half-dozen days to eight days. The police became effective on July one, 2013.[2]

Voters may register online, by mail, or in person at one of the following locations:[i]

  • Local board of elections
  • The Land Board of Elections
  • Local Section of Health office
  • Maryland Section of Human Services local offices
  • Maryland Motor Vehicle Assistants (MVA) offices
  • Local Area Agency on Aging offices
  • MTA Paratransit Certification Office
  • All public institutions of higher education
  • Recruitment offices of the U.South. Armed Forces
  • Union license offices
  • Offices for students with disabilities at all Maryland colleges and universities

In-person voting

The table below displays in-person voting information specific to Maryland's 2022 primary election.

Poll times

Meet also: Country poll opening and closing times

In Maryland, all polling places are open up from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.grand. Eastern Time. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must exist immune to vote.[three]

Voter identification

See also: Voter identification laws by state

Maryland does not require voters to present identification while voting, in well-nigh cases.[4]

A voter will be asked to show ID in the following circumstances:

  • The voter registered by mail service and did not provide proper identification;
  • The voter'due south identity is challenged; or
  • The voter registers to vote during early voting or changes his or her accost during early voting.

The following listing of accepted ID was current equally of November 2019. Click hither for the Maryland Attorney Full general'due south voting data page to ensure yous have the most current information.

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  • A Maryland Driver'due south License or other Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) issued identification
  • A student ID card that contains a photograph
  • An employee ID card that contains a photo
  • A passport or other government issued ID,

OR, if you lot exercise non take those forms of ID:

a utility bill, bank argument, government bank check or paycheck that shows your name and address and is less than 3 months quondam. If you are showing ID considering you are voting for the first time, your proper noun and address on the document must friction match the information on the voter registration ringlet.[5]

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Early voting

Encounter as well: Early voting

Maryland permits early voting. Larn more by visiting this website.

Absentee/mail service-in voting

Run across also: Absentee/mail-in voting

The tabular array below displays absentee voting information specific to Maryland's 2022 primary election.

All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Maryland. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.[half dozen]

To vote absentee, an awarding must exist received by ballot officials at least seven days prior to the election. A returned absentee ballot must then be postmarked on or before Ballot Mean solar day if submitted by mail service. Ballots can likewise exist returned in person until eight:00 p.k. on Ballot 24-hour interval.[6]

Convicted felons' voting rights

See besides: Voting rights for convicted felons

As of March 10, 2016, individuals convicted of a felony automatically regain their voting rights upon release from prison house and are eligible to register to vote. This does not employ to those convicted for buying or selling votes, whose voting rights are restored merely by the country governor's pardon.

Voting rights for convicted felons vary from state to state. In the majority of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated but may regain the correct to vote upon release from prison or at some point thereafter.[7] [8] [9]

Ballot agencies

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See too: State ballot agencies

Individuals seeking additional information well-nigh voting provisions in Maryland can contact the post-obit country and federal agencies.

Maryland State Board of Elections

151 Westward Street, Suite 200
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Telephone: 410-269-2840
Website: http://world wide web.elections.state.doctor.us/
Email: info.sbe@maryland.gov

U.Southward. Ballot Assist Committee

1335 East West Highway, Suite 4300
Argent Spring, Maryland 20910
Telephone: 866-747-1471

Noteworthy events

2018

On April 5, 2018, SB1048, creating an automatic voter registration arrangement in Maryland, became police afterward Governor Larry Hogan (R) declined to sign or veto it. The legislation provided for the automated registration of eligible voters when they consummate transactions at the post-obit state agencies: Motor Vehicle Assistants, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, local departments of social services, the Mobility Certification Office, and the Maryland Transit Administration. The constabulary was set to take effect by July ane, 2019. The Maryland State Senate approved the nib by a vote of 31-thirteen on March 16, 2018. The Maryland House of Delegates followed suit on March 28, 2018, by a vote of 93-46.[x] [11]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Board of Elections, "Introduction," accessed October 7, 2019
  2. ↑ General Associates of Maryland, "SB 0279," accessed October seven, 2019
  3. ↑ Maryland Country Board of Elections, "Rules and Information for Voters," accessed October 17, 2019
  4. ↑ Maryland Attorney General, "Voting FAQ," accessed October 3, 2019
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.one Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Absentee Voting," accessed December 19, 2013
  7. ↑ The State Board of Elections, "Restoration of Voting Rights in Maryland," accessed Oct xix, 2019
  8. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July xv, 2014
  9. ↑ American Civil Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September 13, 2019
  10. ↑ Full general Assembly of Maryland, "SB1048," accessed Apr 13, 2018
  11. ↑ Full general Assembly of Maryland, "Financial and Policy Notation: Senate Bill 1048," accessed Apr xiii, 2018

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