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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="10-312" title_number="10" title_name="Polling Places" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Polling Place Procedures">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The right of an individual to vote may be challenged at the polls only on the grounds of identity.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual whose right to vote is challenged at the polls may establish the individual’s identity by presenting any of the following forms of identification:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the individual’s voter registration card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the individual’s Social Security card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the individual’s valid Maryland driver’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any identification card issued to the individual by a political subdivision of the State, the State, the federal government, or any unit of a political subdivision of the State, the State, or the federal government;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any employee identification card of the individual that contains a photograph of the individual and is issued by the employer of the individual in the ordinary course of the employer’s business; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a copy of a current bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and current address of the individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an individual establishes the individual’s identity under paragraph (2) of this subsection, an election judge shall authorize the individual to vote a regular ballot.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A challenge to an individual’s right to vote shall be made before the individual is issued a ballot or a voting authority card.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a challenge is made, and the challenged individual does not present any of the forms of identification specified under subsection (a)(2) of this section, the election judge receiving the challenge shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>require the challenger to provide in writing, under penalty of perjury, the reasons for the challenge;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>offer the challenged individual the opportunity to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>cast a provisional ballot; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>submit an attestation, witnessed by the election judge, of the individual’s identity; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>submit the provisional ballot and other materials related to the challenge to the local board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>During the canvass of provisional ballots, the local board shall determine, based on the information submitted by the challenger and the challenged individual, whether the challenged individual is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the registered voter he or she claims to be; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>otherwise qualified to vote.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
