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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 33.15.03.04" title_num="33" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="03" heading="Reassignments — Religious Objections.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. If entry into the polling place assigned to a voter conflicts with the voter's bona fide religious beliefs and practices, the voter may request a reassignment by the local board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Procedure. The request for reassignment:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall be made on the form that the State Board prescribes; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May be made at any time before the close of registration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Duties of Local Board. On receipt of the request, the local board shall either:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Assign the voter to a polling place in the voter's county that does not conflict with the voter's bona fide religious beliefs and practices and has the same ballot content as the ballot for the polling place originally assigned to the voter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Issue the voter an absentee ballot in accordance with procedures established under:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Election Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>This title.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Issuance of Ballot. Any ballot issued to a voter under this regulation shall have the same content as the ballot used in the polling place originally assigned to the voter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>