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Voter ID laws

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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the land level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more, dictate the conditions under which American citizens cast their ballots in their respective states.

This commodity includes the post-obit information nigh voting policies in Maryland:

  • Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
  • In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early voting provisions.
  • Absentee/mail-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details well-nigh convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information ballot agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

Meet Election administration in Maryland for additional data well-nigh election administration in the state, including voter list maintenance policies, provisional election rules, and mail-election auditing practices.

Voter registration

The tabular array below displays voter registration information specific to Maryland's 2022 master ballot.

Voter registration in Maryland
Registration URL Link
Registration status URL Link
Registration update URL Link
In-person registration deadline June 28, 2022
Mail registration deadline June 28, 2022
Mail postmark or receipt deadline Postmarked
Online registration deadline June 28, 2022
Aforementioned-day registration Yes
Early voting aforementioned-mean solar day registration Aye

Eligibility and registration details

Co-ordinate to the Maryland Land Board of Elections, to register to vote in Maryland, one must exist a Usa citizen and Maryland resident who is at least 16 years old. Although a 16-yr-old tin register to vote, he or she cannot vote in an ballot unless he or she will be eighteen at the time of the next general ballot (i.e., 17-year-olds are permitted to vote in principal elections, so long as they'll be 18 past the fourth dimension of the corresponding full general election).[1]

In 2013, the Maryland State Legislature canonical a beak that authorized same-24-hour interval voter registration during the early on voting period. Information technology as well expanded the early voting flow from six days to viii days. The law became constructive on July 1, 2013.[2]

Voters may register online, by mail, or in person at one of the following locations:[1]

  • Local board of elections
  • The State Board of Elections
  • Local Department of Health office
  • Maryland Department of Man Services local offices
  • Maryland Motor Vehicle Assistants (MVA) offices
  • Local Area Agency on Aging offices
  • MTA Paratransit Certification Function
  • All public institutions of higher didactics
  • Recruitment offices of the U.S. Armed forces
  • Spousal relationship license offices
  • Offices for students with disabilities at all Maryland colleges and universities

In-person voting

The table beneath displays in-person voting information specific to Maryland'southward 2022 primary election.

In-person voting in Maryland
All voters required to show ID No
ID types

Hover or tap here to come across valid forms of voter ID "A Maryland Driver'south License or other Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) issued identification. A student ID card that contains a photo. An employee ID carte du jour that contains a photo. A passport or other authorities issued ID. OR, if you do not have those forms of ID: a utility bill, bank statement, authorities check or paycheck that shows your proper name and address and is less than 3 months old. If you are showing ID considering you are voting for the start time, your name and address on the document must lucifer the information on the voter registration ringlet."

ID source URL Link
Early voting start date July 7, 2022
Early voting terminate date July xiv, 2022
Weekend voting? N/A
Early voting source URL N/A
Election Day poll times 7 a.g. to eight p.chiliad.

Poll times

Meet also: State poll opening and endmost times

In Maryland, all polling places are open up from seven:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.1000. Eastern Fourth dimension. An individual who is in line at the fourth dimension polls shut must exist allowed to vote.[3]

Voter identification

See also: Voter identification laws by state

Maryland does not require voters to present identification while voting, in about cases.[four]

A voter will be asked to show ID in the following circumstances:

  • The voter registered by post and did not provide proper identification;
  • The voter's identity is challenged; or
  • The voter registers to vote during early voting or changes his or her address during early on voting.

The following list of accustomed ID was current every bit of Nov 2019. Click here for the Maryland Attorney Full general'southward voting information folio to ensure you have the most current information.

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  • A Maryland Commuter's License or other Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) issued identification
  • A pupil ID card that contains a photo
  • An employee ID card that contains a photograph
  • A passport or other government issued ID,

OR, if you do non have those forms of ID:

a utility beak, bank statement, government bank check or paycheck that shows your name and address and is less than 3 months old. If yous are showing ID because you are voting for the offset time, your proper name and address on the document must match the data on the voter registration roll.[v]

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Early voting

See also: Early voting

Maryland permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

Absentee/postal service-in voting

See also: Absentee/postal service-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to Maryland's 2022 main election.

Absentee voting in Maryland
Are there limits on who can request a election? N/A
Mail request deadline July 12, 2022
Asking postmark or receipt deadline Received
Postal service return deadline July 19, 2022
Return postmark or receipt deadline Postmarked
Notary/witness requirements No requirement

All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Maryland. In that location are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.[vi]

To vote absentee, an application must be received by election officials at least seven days prior to the election. A returned absentee ballot must and then be postmarked on or earlier Election Day if submitted by mail service. Ballots tin also be returned in person until eight:00 p.m. on Election Twenty-four hours.[6]

Bedevilled felons' voting rights

Run across also: Voting rights for convicted felons

Every bit of March 10, 2016, individuals convicted of a felony automatically regain their voting rights upon release from prison house and are eligible to register to vote. This does not apply to those convicted for buying or selling votes, whose voting rights are restored only past the land governor's pardon.

Voting rights for convicted felons vary from land to country. In the majority of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated but may regain the right to vote upon release from prison or at some point thereafter.[7] [8] [ix]

Election agencies

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See besides: State ballot agencies

Individuals seeking additional information near voting provisions in Maryland can contact the following country and federal agencies.

Maryland Land Board of Elections

151 Due west Street, Suite 200
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Telephone: 410-269-2840
Website: http://www.elections.state.dr..u.s.a./
Email: info.sbe@maryland.gov

U.Due south. Election Assist Committee

1335 Eastward Westward Highway, Suite 4300
Silver Jump, Maryland 20910
Phone: 866-747-1471

Noteworthy events

2018

On April 5, 2018, SB1048, creating an automatic voter registration system in Maryland, became constabulary afterward Governor Larry Hogan (R) declined to sign or veto it. The legislation provided for the automatic registration of eligible voters when they consummate transactions at the following state agencies: Motor Vehicle Administration, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, local departments of social services, the Mobility Certification Function, and the Maryland Transit Administration. The law was gear up to take issue by July one, 2019. The Maryland State Senate approved the bill by a vote of 31-13 on March sixteen, 2018. The Maryland House of Delegates followed suit on March 28, 2018, by a vote of 93-46.[10] [eleven]

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See also

  • Election administration in Maryland

Elections in Maryland

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External links

  • Official state election website

Footnotes

  1. i.0 1.1 Maryland Country Board of Elections, "Introduction," accessed October 7, 2019
  2. General Assembly of Maryland, "SB 0279," accessed October 7, 2019
  3. Maryland Land Board of Elections, "Rules and Data for Voters," accessed October 17, 2019
  4. Maryland Chaser General, "Voting FAQ," accessed October 3, 2019
  5. Annotation: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Absentee Voting," accessed December xix, 2013
  7. The Land Board of Elections, "Restoration of Voting Rights in Maryland," accessed October 19, 2019
  8. National Conference of State Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  9. American Civil Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September xiii, 2019
  10. General Associates of Maryland, "SB1048," accessed Apr 13, 2018
  11. General Associates of Maryland, "Fiscal and Policy Note: Senate Bill 1048," accessed April thirteen, 2018