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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 33.21.03.04" title_num="33" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="03" heading="Transmission of Ballots.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Method of Transmission.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §A(2) of this regulation, the local board shall mail by nonforwardable mail a vote-by-mail ballot to each voter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a voter submits a timely request for vote-by-mail ballot and requests that the ballot be transmitted by other means, the local board shall transmit the ballot by the method requested by the voter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Address Where Ballot Mailed.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §B(2) of this regulation, the local board shall mail the vote-by-mail ballot to the voter’s address of record in the Statewide voter registration system.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the voter submitted a request for a vote-by-mail ballot and provided another address, the local board shall mail the ballot to the address on the request.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Mailing Deadline. A local board shall mail vote-by-mail ballots:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters, at least 45 days before the day of the special election; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>To all other voters, at least 30 days before the day of the special election.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>