1. (a)

   1. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a local board shall mail by nonforwardable mail a vote-by-mail ballot to each registered voter who is eligible to vote in a special election.
   2. (2) A local board is not required to mail a vote-by-mail ballot to a voter if the voter has requested that the ballot be sent by other means.
   3. (3) A local board is not required to mail specimen ballots to the registered voters of the county under § 8-102 of this article.
2. (b) A voter is not required to submit an application to receive a vote-by-mail ballot.

3. (c) In Montgomery County:

   1. (1) each vote-by-mail ballot shall be accompanied by a postage-paid envelope in which a voter may return the voted ballot to the local board; and
   2. (2) the local board shall pay the cost of postage-paid envelopes provided under this subsection.
4. (d) A local board shall send a vote-by-mail ballot to each eligible voter at least 30 days before the day of a special election.

5. (e)

   1. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a vote-by-mail ballot shall be mailed to the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list for each eligible voter.

   2. (2) A registered voter may request to receive a vote-by-mail ballot at an address other than the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list by:

      1. (i) submitting an absentee ballot application in accordance with § 9-305(a) of this title not later than the Tuesday preceding the day of a special election, if the voter is temporarily absent from the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list; or
      2. (ii) notifying a local board of a change of address not later than the Tuesday preceding the day of a special election, if the voter's residence has changed from the address that is on file in the statewide voter registration list to another location within the State.
6. (f) A local board shall issue a replacement vote-by-mail ballot to a voter if the election director of the local board has reasonable grounds to believe that the vote-by-mail ballot previously issued to the voter has been lost, destroyed, spoiled, or not received.

Added by Acts 2012, c. 677, § 1, eff. June 1, 2012. Amended by Acts 2013, c. 43, § 5; Acts 2013, c. 197, § 1, eff. June 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 198, § 1, eff. June 1, 2013; Acts 2025, c. 125, § 1, eff. April 22, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 126, § 1, eff. April 22, 2025.