Md. Code, Election Law § 9-307
This is the official text of Md. Code, Election Law § 9-307, part of Maryland’s Code, Election Law — governs how elections are conducted.
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§9–307.
Official statutory text
(a) A qualified applicant may designate a duly authorized agent to pick up and deliver an absentee ballot under this subtitle.
(b) An agent of the voter under this section:
(1) must be at least 18 years old;
(2) may not be a candidate on that ballot;
(3) shall be designated in a writing signed by the voter under penalty of perjury; and
(4) shall execute an affidavit under penalty of perjury that the ballot was:
(i) delivered to the voter who submitted the application;
(ii) marked and placed in an envelope by the voter, or with assistance as allowed by regulation, in the agent’s presence; and
(iii) returned to the local board by the agent.
(b) An agent of the voter under this section:
(1) must be at least 18 years old;
(2) may not be a candidate on that ballot;
(3) shall be designated in a writing signed by the voter under penalty of perjury; and
(4) shall execute an affidavit under penalty of perjury that the ballot was:
(i) delivered to the voter who submitted the application;
(ii) marked and placed in an envelope by the voter, or with assistance as allowed by regulation, in the agent’s presence; and
(iii) returned to the local board by the agent.
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