Md. Code Regs. 33.15.03.03

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 25, December 13, 2024

Section 33.15.03.03 - Reassignments - Spouse or Helper of Elderly Voter or Voter with a Disability

A. Helper Defined. In this regulation, "helper" means an individual who regularly renders assistance to an elderly voter or voter with a disability.

B. Right to Reassignment. A voter's spouse or helper may be reassigned to the voter's polling place if the spouse or helper is registered to vote in the same county as the voter, and the voter's polling place will have available a ballot with the same content as the spouse's or helper's ballot.

C. Procedure. The request of a helper or spouse for reassignment:

(1) Shall be made on the form that the State Board prescribes; and

(2) May be made at any time before the close of registration or, if later, within 10 days after the elderly voter or voter with a disability receives notice of reassignment.

D. Issuance of Ballot. Any ballot issued to a spouse or helper under this regulation shall have the same content as the ballot used in the polling place originally assigned to the spouse or helper.

Md. Code Regs. 33.15.03.03

Regulations .03 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2000 (27:15 Md. R. 1398); adopted permanently effective October 16, 2000 (27:20 Md. R. 1844); recodified from .06 effective 43:4 Md. R. 337, eff.2/29/2016; amended effective 49:25 Md. R.1041-1070, eff. 12/12/2022