# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 9. Voting

### Subtitle 5. Voting by Mail in Special Elections

#### Section 9-505

(a) A vote-by-mail ballot is considered timely and may be counted if the ballot:

  (1) is returned in person to the office of a local board by the voter or the voter's duly authorized agent no later than 8 p.m. on the day of a special election; or

  (2)

    (i) is received by mail by a local board no later than 10 a.m. on the second Friday after a special election; and

    (ii) was mailed on or before election day, as verified:

      (1) by a postmark; or

      (2) if the return envelope does not contain a postmark or the postmark is illegible, by the voter's affidavit that the ballot was mailed on or before election day.

(b) A vote-by-mail ballot that does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section is not timely and may not be counted.

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