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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 33.21.03.03" title_num="33" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="03" heading="Issuance of Ballots.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Issued to Voter.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A local board shall issue a vote-by-mail ballot to a voter or a voter’s agent.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Replacement Vote-by-Mail Ballots.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A local board may not issue more than three ballots to a voter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>