1. A. In General. Except as otherwise provided in this regulation:

   1. (1) An application for a voter registration list may be made at any time of the year; and
   2. (2) The State Administrator or election director, as the case may be, shall prepare the requested list within 10 business days of receiving the application and any required deposit or prepayment.

2. B. Preelection Requests — Deadline for Requesting.

   1. (1) Before any election, neither the State Administrator nor any election director may process an application for a voter registration list unless the application was filed at least 21 days before the election.
   2. (2) If an application is received after that date, the election director shall notify the applicant that the application was not timely and return any payment that accompanied the application.
   3. (3) Applications for cure lists and provisional lists must be received before the close of registration, but will be provided after the election for which it was requested and outside the 10 business day requirement of §A(2) of this regulation.

3. C. Preelection Requests — New Registrations.

   1. (1) If an applicant desires registration information that is current through the registration deadline for the upcoming election, the application shall specify whether the applicant would like that information in:

      1. (a) One voter registration list prepared after the registration deadline; or
      2. (b) An initial voter list prepared earlier, followed by a supplemental voter list prepared after the registration deadline.
   2. (2) Voter registration lists requested under §C(1)(a) of this regulation and supplemental voter lists requested under §C(1)(b) of this regulation shall be prepared within 10 days after the registration deadline.
   3. (3) Applications for cure lists and provisional lists must be received before the close of registration, but will be provided after the election for which it was requested and outside the 10 business day requirement of §A(2) of this regulation.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), and 3-506(a)(2)(i) and (iv), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.06 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:5 Md. R. 579): adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708)

Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366); July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 514); January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187); November 24, 2025 (52:23 Md. R. 1140)

Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366)

Regulation .03 amended effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 514)

Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366); January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187)

Regulation .04 amended effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 514)

Regulation .05 amended effective January 6, 2025 (51:26 Md. R. 1187)

Regulation .05B amended as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1483); amended permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1717)

Regulation .06A amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366)