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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="9-404" title_number="9" title_name="Voting" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Provisional Ballots">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an individual is eligible under subsection (b) of this section, the individual shall be issued and may cast a provisional ballot:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at a polling place on election day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at an early voting center during early voting; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at the local board office in the county where the individual resides after the close of registration and before the closing of the polls on election day.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual is eligible to cast a provisional ballot if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the individual declares in a written affirmation submitted with the provisional ballot that the individual is a registered voter in the State and is eligible to vote in that election; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>the individual’s name does not appear on the election register;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an election official asserts that the individual is not eligible to vote; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the individual does not have the necessary identification.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to the individuals who cast provisional ballots under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any individual who appears to vote during a period covered by a court order or other order extending the time for closing the polls shall cast a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot cast under this subsection shall be separated and held apart from other provisional ballots cast by those not affected by the order.</text>
  </level>
</section>
