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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="3-306" title_number="3" title_name="Voter Registration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Administration of Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On election day, an individual may appear at a precinct polling place in the individual’s county of residence and apply to register to vote.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When applying to register to vote on election day, the applicant shall provide proof of residency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The applicant shall prove residency by showing the election judge:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a Maryland driver’s license or Maryland identification card that contains the applicant’s current address; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the applicant does not have a driver’s license or identification card that contains the applicant’s current address, a copy of an official document that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>meets the requirements established by the State Board; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>contains the applicant’s name and current address.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When an individual applies to register to vote at a precinct polling place on election day, the election judge shall determine whether the applicant resides in the precinct in which the applicant applied and is qualified to become a registered voter.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the voter is a resident of the precinct and is qualified to register to vote, the election judge shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issue the voter a voter authority card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>have the voter sign the voter authority card; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>issue the voter a regular ballot.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the voter is a resident of the county but not the precinct, is qualified to register to vote, and chooses to vote in the precinct, the election judge shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issue the voter a voter authority card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>have the voter sign the voter authority card; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>issue the voter a provisional ballot.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless a local board elects to make the notification, the State Board shall take appropriate measures to notify potential registrants of the correct precinct polling place for the potential registrants’ residence addresses before each election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The election judge shall notify an individual who applies to register to vote at the incorrect precinct for the voter’s residence address of the correct precinct for the voter’s residence address.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The State Board shall adopt regulations and procedures in accordance with the requirements of this section for the administration of voter registration on election day.</text>
  </level>
</section>
