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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 33.05.03.06" title_num="33" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="03" heading="Voter Registration Activities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definition. In this regulation, “VRA distributor” means an individual who conducts the following voter registration activities:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Offering Statewide VRAs to individuals interested in registering to vote or updating an existing registration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Assisting people with filling out Statewide VRAs; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Returning completed Statewide VRAs to the appropriate local board office.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Qualifications. Any individual is qualified to be a VRA distributor if the individual is 18 years old on or before the next General Election.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Instructing Authorities. The State Administrator and each election director shall provide instruction as described in §E of this regulation to VRA distributors.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Instruction Sessions. The State Administrator and each election director:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall treat individuals and groups of VRA distributors seeking instruction fairly and equitably and afford equal access to instruction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall provide instruction during both election years and nonelection years:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In accordance with a fixed schedule of instruction sessions, which shall be publicized in advance throughout the community that the local board serves; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Upon request;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>May not discontinue providing instruction during the period beginning 70 days prior to an election through one week before the deadline for voter registration; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Shall, at the completion of an instruction session, issue a certificate to each VRA distributor attending the session.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Scope of Instruction. The instruction shall include the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>How to fill out the Statewide VRA;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>How to ensure, to the extent possible, that the Statewide VRA is filled out completely and accurately; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The personal identification requirements for new applicants.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Requirements. A VRA distributor shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Advise each applicant that the applicant may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Personally return the Statewide VRA to the appropriate local board office; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Permit the individual performing the voter registration activities to return the completed VRA to the local board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Deliver completed VRAs to the appropriate local board within five days of receipt or by the next voter registration deadline, whichever occurs first.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Forms to be Provided.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as specified in §G(2) of this regulation, the State Administrator or a local board shall provide Statewide VRAs to VRA distributors as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For a VRA distributor who presents a Certificate of Instruction described in §D(4) of this regulation, a sufficient number of Statewide VRAs to meet the individual's needs; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For a VRA distributor who does not present a Certification of Instruction described in §D(4) of this regulation, no more than 25 Statewide VRAs per day.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The State Administrator or an election director may limit the number of Statewide VRAs if the State Administrator or election director:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Does not have a sufficient number of Statewide VRAs to accommodate the request and still have a sufficient supply of Statewide VRAs for official office business; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Determines that the individual is not following all of the requirements of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Compensation for Performing Voter Registration Activities. A VRA distributor may not receive compensation on a per registrant basis for voter registration activity.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>