# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 9. Voting

### Subtitle 3. Absentee Voting

#### Section 9-307

(a) A qualified applicant may designate a duly authorized agent to pick up and deliver an absentee ballot under this subtitle.

(b) An agent of the voter under this section:

  (1) must be at least 18 years old;

  (2) may not be a candidate on that ballot;

  (3) shall be designated in a writing signed by the voter under penalty of perjury; and

  (4) shall execute an affidavit under penalty of perjury that the ballot was:

    (i) delivered to the voter who submitted the application;

    (ii) marked and placed in an envelope by the voter, or with assistance as allowed by regulation, in the agent's presence; and

    (iii) returned to the local board by the agent.

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