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State poll opening and closing times
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Voter ID laws

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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the land 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 respective states.

This article includes the post-obit information about 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 about convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information election agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

See Ballot administration in Maryland for additional data near election assistants in the state, including voter listing maintenance policies, provisional ballot rules, and mail-election auditing practices.

Voter registration

The tabular array below displays voter registration data specific to Maryland'southward 2022 primary ballot.

Eligibility and registration details

According to the Maryland State Lath of Elections, to annals to vote in Maryland, i must be a United States citizen and Maryland resident who is at least xvi years old. Although a 16-yr-quondam can register to vote, he or she cannot vote in an election unless he or she will be 18 at the time of the adjacent general election (i.e., 17-twelvemonth-olds are permitted to vote in main elections, so long as they'll exist xviii past the time of the corresponding general election).[1]

In 2013, the Maryland Country Legislature canonical a beak that authorized same-day voter registration during the early on voting period. Information technology also expanded the early on voting flow from six days to eight days. The constabulary became constructive on July 1, 2013.[ii]

Voters may register online, past mail, or in person at 1 of the following locations:[1]

  • Local board of elections
  • The State Board of Elections
  • Local Department of Health office
  • Maryland Department of Man Services local offices
  • Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) offices
  • Local Surface area Agency on Aging offices
  • MTA Paratransit Certification Office
  • All public institutions of higher education
  • Recruitment offices of the U.Southward. Military
  • Marriage 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'south 2022 chief election.

Poll times

See also: State poll opening and closing times

In Maryland, all polling places are open up from 7:00 a.m. to eight:00 p.g. Eastern Fourth dimension. An individual who is in line at the time polls shut must be allowed to vote.[3]

Voter identification

See also: Voter identification laws past land

Maryland does non crave voters to present identification while voting, in virtually cases.[four]

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

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

The following listing of accepted ID was electric current equally of November 2019. Click hither for the Maryland Attorney General's voting information page to ensure you have the nigh current information.

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

OR, if you do not have those forms of ID:

a utility bill, banking company statement, government check or paycheck that shows your name and address and is less than 3 months old. If you are showing ID because you lot are voting for the get-go time, your name and address on the document must match the information on the voter registration roll.[5]

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Early voting

See also: Early voting

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

Absentee/postal service-in voting

Meet also: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to Maryland'south 2022 primary election.

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

To vote absentee, an application 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 Election Twenty-four hours if submitted by mail. Ballots can also exist returned in person until viii:00 p.m. on Election Day.[half-dozen]

Bedevilled felons' voting rights

Encounter too: Voting rights for convicted felons

Equally of March x, 2016, individuals convicted of a felony automatically regain their voting rights upon release from prison and are eligible to register to vote. This does not apply to those convicted for buying or selling votes, whose voting rights are restored only past the state 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 bespeak thereafter.[7] [8] [nine]

Ballot agencies

Seal of the U.Southward. Election Assistance Commission

See also: Land election agencies

Individuals seeking additional information about voting provisions in Maryland tin can contact the following state and federal agencies.

Maryland Land Board of Elections

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

U.S. Election Assistance Committee

1335 E Due 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 organization in Maryland, became law subsequently Governor Larry Hogan (R) declined to sign or veto it. The legislation provided for the automatic registration of eligible voters when they consummate transactions at the following state agencies: Motor Vehicle Assistants, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, local departments of social services, the Mobility Certification Office, and the Maryland Transit Administration. The police was set to take issue by July one, 2019. The Maryland Country Senate canonical the pecker by a vote of 31-13 on March 16, 2018. The Maryland Business firm of Delegates followed suit on March 28, 2018, by a vote of 93-46.[ten] [eleven]

Recent news

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Meet likewise

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External links

  • Official country election website

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Lath of Elections, "Introduction," accessed Oct 7, 2019
  2. General Assembly of Maryland, "SB 0279," accessed October 7, 2019
  3. Maryland State Board of Elections, "Rules and Information for Voters," accessed October 17, 2019
  4. Maryland Attorney General, "Voting FAQ," accessed October 3, 2019
  5. Annotation: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Whatever inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  6. half dozen.0 6.1 Maryland State Lath of Elections Website, "Absentee Voting," accessed December xix, 2013
  7. The State Board of Elections, "Restoration of Voting Rights in Maryland," accessed October 19, 2019
  8. National Conference of State Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  9. American Civil Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September 13, 2019
  10. General Assembly of Maryland, "SB1048," accessed April xiii, 2018
  11. Full general Assembly of Maryland, "Fiscal and Policy Note: Senate Bill 1048," accessed April thirteen, 2018