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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 33.03.02.05" title_num="33" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="02" heading="Time for Applying, Responding.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. Except as otherwise provided in this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An application for a voter registration list may be made at any time of the year; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The State Administrator or election director, as the case may be, shall prepare the requested list within 10 business days of receiving the application and any required deposit or prepayment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Preelection Requests — Deadline for Requesting.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Before any election, neither the State Administrator nor any election director may process an application for a voter registration list unless the application was filed at least 21 days before the election.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If an application is received after that date, the election director shall notify the applicant that the application was not timely and return any payment that accompanied the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Applications for cure lists and provisional lists must be received before the close of registration, but will be provided after the election for which it was requested and outside the 10 business day requirement of §A(2) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Preelection Requests — New Registrations.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If an applicant desires registration information that is current through the registration deadline for the upcoming election, the application shall specify whether the applicant would like that information in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>One voter registration list prepared after the registration deadline; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An initial voter list prepared earlier, followed by a supplemental voter list prepared after the registration deadline.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Voter registration lists requested under §C(1)(a) of this regulation and supplemental voter lists requested under §C(1)(b) of this regulation shall be prepared within 10 days after the registration deadline.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Applications for cure lists and provisional lists must be received before the close of registration, but will be provided after the election for which it was requested and outside the 10 business day requirement of §A(2) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>