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<chapter num="02" heading="Provisional Voting Documents and Supplies" title_num="33" subtitle_num="16">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Provisional Ballot Application.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Provisional Ballot Application. Except as required in Regulation .02 of this chapter, the provisional ballot application shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The written affirmation required by Election Law Article, §9-404(b), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The voter registration application;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Instructions on:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>How to complete the provisional ballot application;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>How to mark and return the ballot;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>The free access system required by State and federal law and COMAR 33.16.07.04; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>How the voter may access the free access system to determine whether the provisional ballot application was accepted and, if not, the reason why it was not accepted;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>An envelope that can be sealed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>A place to affix the applicant’s registration and oath document.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Use by Local Board. Each local board shall use the provisional ballot application prescribed by the State Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Number of Provisional Ballot Applications. Each local board shall provide provisional ballot applications in an amount established by the State Administrator in consultation with the election director.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Extended Voting Hours Documents.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Special Provisional Ballot Application. The special provisional ballot application for extended voting hours shall only require information sufficient to identify the voter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Use by Local Board. Each local board shall use the special provisional ballot application prescribed by the State Administrator.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Instructions. The State Administrator shall provide a local board with instructions for election judges on the procedures for voting during extended voting hours.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Number of Special Provisional Ballot Applications. Each local board shall provide special provisional ballot applications in an amount at least equal to the quantities specified by the State Administrator.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Provisional Ballots.">
    <text>The content of the provisional ballot shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Be identical to the content of the ballot used in the precinct where the voter seeks to vote; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Contain in a clear space at the top the words “Official Ballot” printed in large letters.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Provisional Ballot Bag.">
    <text>The local board shall provide each precinct with the provisional ballot bag required by the State Board.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Other Supplies.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A local board shall provide each precinct with a table, at least one chair and a privacy booth for voters who are issued a provisional ballot packet.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A local board may also provide a voting booth with a privacy screen for voters who are issued a provisional ballot packet.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>A local board may combine the provisional voting station with the same day registration and address change station during early voting, and with the same day registration station on election day.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), 3-305(e), 3-306, 9-402, 9-403, 9-404, 9-406, and 11-303(c) and (e), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 3, 2002 (29:18 Md. R. 1441); adopted permanently effective October 14, 2002 (29:20 Md. R. 1596)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective November 24, 2003 (30:23 Md. R. 1655)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective November 24, 2003 (30:23 Md. R. 1655)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 repealed effective November 24, 2003 (30:23 Md. R. 1655)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01 and .02 repealed under Chapter, Provisional Ballot Application and new Regulations .01—.05 adopted under Chapter, Provisional Voting Documents and Supplies effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective June 25, 2012 (39:12 Md. R. 746)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01C amended effective August 22, 2011 (38:17 Md. R. 1014)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 337)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01C amended effective November 23, 2017 (44:23 Md. R. 1079)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A, C amended effective December 2, 2019 (46:24 Md. R. 1104)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06C amended effective December 2, 2019 (46:24 Md. R. 1104)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 514)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective January 8, 2024 (50:26 Md. R. 1132)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>