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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 33.05.05.03" title_num="33" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="05" heading="Voter Notification Card — Issuance on New Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>VNC to Be Sent. Whenever a local board office receives a VRA, completes any needed inquiry, and determines that the applicant is not currently registered in Maryland but is qualified to register and resides in the county served by that board, the election director shall promptly send the applicant a VNC by nonforwardable mail.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>When New Maryland Registration Is Complete.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Registration in Maryland is not considered completed until the VNC is issued.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the VNC is returned as undeliverable, the applicant should not have been registered and the election director shall remove the applicant's name from the Statewide voter registration list.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>