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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 33.07.05.01" title_num="33" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="05" heading="Inability to Sign.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. Subject to the requirements of §B of this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If a voter is unable to sign a form used at a polling place, an “X” or similar mark will be accepted as that individual's signature; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a voter is unable to make a mark, the requirement for a signature is met by the execution of the endorsement described in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Endorsement. In either of the situations described in §A of this regulation, the election judge checking in or otherwise assisting the voter shall sign and date, on the back of the form, an endorsement indicating that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The voter was unable to sign the voter's name; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the form that the voter was unable to sign was the voter authority card, the voter was found qualified to vote by that election judge.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>