Md. Code Ann., Elec. Law § 3-304
Change of name or address
Effective Jan 1, 2006Added as Art. 33, § 3-304, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, c. 424, § 2, eff. June 1, 2001. Transferred to Election Law § 3-304 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, c. 572, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.State of Maryland
(a)
(1) Notification of a change of address or of a change of name may be made:
- (i) by information provided on a voter registration application by the same methods provided for registration pursuant to Subtitle 2 of this title;
- (ii) by written notice, signed by the voter and sent by mail or otherwise delivered to the local board in the county where the voter's current voter registration address is located or to which the voter has moved;
- (iii) by making application in person at the office of the local board in the county where the voter's current voter registration address is located or to which the voter has moved;
- (iv) by information on a voter authority card or other appropriate form filled out in a polling place; or
- (v) by changing a name or address with the Motor Vehicle Administration.
- (2) Except as provided by regulations adopted by the State Board, name and address changes may not be processed when registration is closed.
- (b) The local board in the county in which the voter resides shall electronically enter the change of name or address into the statewide voter registration list on an expedited basis at the time the information is provided to the local board.
Added as Art. 33, § 3-304, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, c. 424, § 2, eff. June 1, 2001. Transferred to Election Law § 3-304 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, c. 572, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Formerly Art. 33, § 3-304.