1. A. Helper Defined. In this regulation, “helper” means an individual who regularly renders assistance to an elderly voter or voter with a disability.
2. 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.

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

   1. (1) Shall be made on the form that the State Board prescribes; and
   2. (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.
4. 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.

Authority: Criminal Procedure Article, §11-722; Election Law Article, §§1-101, 2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), 2-303.1 and 10-101; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.08 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)

Regulation .02B amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)

Regulation .06 amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595); June 25, 2012 (39:12 Md. R. 746)

Regulation .07C amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)

Chapter revised effective February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 337)

Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted effective November 27, 2023 (50:23 Md. R. 1005)

Regulation .01 amended effective November 24, 2025 (52:23 Md. R. 1140)

Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective November 27, 2023 (50:23 Md. R. 1005)

Regulation .02 amended effective November 24, 2025 (52:23 Md. R. 1140)

Regulation .02B amended effective March 31, 2025 (52:6 Md. R. 269)

Regulation .03B, D amended effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1053)

Regulation .04C, D amended effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1053)

Regulation .07 repealed and new Regulation .07 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 18, 2022 (49:17 Md. R. 789); emergency expired December 1, 2022

Regulation .07 repealed and new Regulation .07 adopted effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1053)