# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 9. Voting

### Subtitle 3. Absentee Voting

#### Section 9-301

(a) This subtitle applies to every election governed by this article.

(b) The State Board shall prescribe all forms required to comply with:

  (1) this subtitle; and

  (2) any requirements of relevant federal law.

(c) The State Board and each local board shall:

  (1) notwithstanding the use of the term "absentee" in this article, refer to absentee ballots as "mail-in ballots" and absentee voting as "mail-in voting" in all communications with voters and the general public;

  (2) refer to absentee ballots that are delivered to a voter by the Internet as "print-at-home ballots" in all communications with voters and the general public; and

  (3) include in public communications regarding "mail-in voting" a statement that "mail-in voting" is referred to as absentee voting in the Maryland Constitution, the Annotated Code of Maryland, and the Code of Maryland Regulations.

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