# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 15.5. Language Assistance Program

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 15.5-101

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Designated language" means a language other than English in which the State Board determines a local board is required to provide assistance to voters under this title.

(c) "Limited English proficiency" means that an individual:

  (1) speaks a particular language other than English;

  (2) does not speak English as a primary language; and

  (3) speaks, reads, or understands the English language less than "very well", as reported in available U.S. Census Bureau data or data of comparable quality collected by a public office.

(d) "Program" means the Language Assistance Program.

(e) "Voting materials" includes:

  (1) statewide voter registration applications;

  (2) State Board approved absentee ballot applications;

  (3) specimen ballots; and

  (4) forms and instructions that the State Board determines necessary to voting.

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Md. Code Ann., Election Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)