# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 11 — Absentee Ballots

### Chapter 02 — Applications

#### Regulation .06 Processing Applications — Change of Name, Address, or Party Affiliation.

*COMAR 33.11.02.06*

A. In General. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, if a completed application indicates a change of name, address, or party affiliation from that in the Statewide voter registration list, the election director shall:

  (1) Process the change;

  (2) Send, by nonforwardable mail, the applicant a voter notification card (VNC) that reflects the change; and

  (3) If the change is in the applicant's address:

    (a) Issue the applicant a ballot appropriate to the new address; and

    (b) Provide that ballot to the address as requested on the application.

B. During Closed Period. If the application is received during a period when voter registration is closed and:

  (1) Includes a new address, the election director shall:

    (a) If the voter moved:

      (i) Before registration closed, issue the applicant a ballot appropriate to the new address; or

      (ii) After registration closed, issue the applicant a ballot appropriate to the address where the applicant resided when registration closed; and

    (b) Provide that ballot to the address as requested on the application; or

  (2) Includes a change of name or party affiliation, the election director may not process the change until voter registration reopens.