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<chapter num="02" heading="Request for Vote-by-Mail Ballot" title_num="33" subtitle_num="21">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="In General.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>No Request Required. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, a voter is not required to submit a request for a vote-by-mail ballot to receive a vote-by-mail ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>When Request Required — In General. Except as provided in §C of this regulation, a voter shall submit a request for a vote-by-mail ballot if the voter wants to receive the ballot:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>At an address other than the voter’s address of record; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Via electronic transmission as defined in COMAR 33.11.01.01B(3).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>When Request Required — Exception. If an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter previously submitted an absentee ballot application in the same calendar year as the special election and requested that the absentee ballot be sent to an address other than the voter’s address of record or sent via electronic transmission, the absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter is not required to submit a request for a vote-by-mail ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Additional Request Methods. A voter may submit an informal written request for a vote-by-mail ballot as long as the request meets the requirements of COMAR 33.11.02.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>In-Person Request. A local board may accept from a voter or a voter’s agent an in-person request for a vote-by-mail ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Request Deadline.">
    <text>If a voter submits a request for a vote-by-mail ballot under Regulation .01B, a voter shall submit the request:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>On or before 8 p.m. on the Tuesday before the special election if the voter wants the vote-by-mail ballot by mail or fax; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>On or before 11:59:59 p.m. on the Tuesday before the special election if the voter wants the vote-by-mail ballot by Internet.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102, 9-501, 9-502, and 9-506, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 28, 2015 (42:19 Md. R. 1229)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>