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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 33.11.02.06" title_num="33" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="02" heading="Processing Applications — Change of Name, Address, or Party Affiliation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Process the change;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Send, by nonforwardable mail, the applicant a voter notification card (VNC) that reflects the change; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the change is in the applicant's address:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Issue the applicant a ballot appropriate to the new address; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Provide that ballot to the address as requested on the application.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>During Closed Period. If the application is received during a period when voter registration is closed and:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Includes a new address, the election director shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the voter moved:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Before registration closed, issue the applicant a ballot appropriate to the new address; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>After registration closed, issue the applicant a ballot appropriate to the address where the applicant resided when registration closed; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Provide that ballot to the address as requested on the application; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Includes a change of name or party affiliation, the election director may not process the change until voter registration reopens.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>