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<chapter num="01" heading="Definitions; General Provisions" title_num="33" subtitle_num="19">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Applicability to Elections.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Same day registration is available during early voting and election day for the following regularly scheduled elections:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Presidential primary and general elections; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Gubernatorial primary and general elections.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Same day address change is available during early voting for the following regularly scheduled elections:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Presidential primary and general elections; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Gubernatorial primary and general elections.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>For special primary and general elections:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Same day registration is available on election day; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Same day registration and address change is available during early voting if the special election is conducted by mail under Election Law Article, Title 9, Subtitle 5, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Prohibited Changes.">
    <text>Same day party affiliation changes are not permitted during early voting or on election day.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), 3-305(e),  3-306(a), (d), and (e), and 9-507, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 338)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective November 18, 2019 (46:23 Md. R. 1068)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01C amended as an emergency provision effective December 30, 2019 (47:2 Md. R. 61); emergency expired effective May 5, 2020</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01C amended effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 644); October 2, 2023 (50:19 Md. R. 854)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01D adopted as an emergency provision effective February 12, 2020 (47:6 Md. R. 339); emergency expired effective May 5, 2020</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective November 18, 2019 (46:23 Md. R. 1068)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>