# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 21 — Special Elections by Mail

### Chapter 03 — Issuance and Return

#### Regulation .03 Issuance of Ballots.

*COMAR 33.21.03.03*

A. Issued to Voter.

  (1) A local board shall issue a vote-by-mail ballot to a voter or a voter’s agent.

  (2) If an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter is not required to submit an application for a vote-by-mail ballot under COMAR 33.21.02.01C, a local board shall issue a vote-by-mail ballot via the delivery method on file for that voter.

B. Replacement Vote-by-Mail Ballots.

  (1) A local board shall issue to a voter or voter’s agent a replacement vote-by-mail ballot if the election director has reasonable grounds to believe that the previously issued ballot is lost, destroyed, spoiled, or not received.

  (2) If a voter or the voter’s agent submits a request for a vote-by-mail ballot after the local board mailed the voter a vote-by-mail ballot, the election director shall void the first ballot and issue the voter a second ballot.

  (3) If a voter or voter’s agent requests in person a replacement vote-by-mail ballot, the voter or the voter’s agent shall complete and submit to the local board the designated form.

  (4) A local board may not issue more than three ballots to a voter.