MD Legislature


HB0224 (CH0158)	2013 Regular Session

	Entitled:	Election Law - Improving Access to Voting
	Sponsored by:	Speaker
	Status:	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158

Synopsis:

Requiring an individual who applies to register to vote or update an existing voter registration online to provide specified information; providing an exception to the voter registration deadline to allow an individual to register to vote or update an existing voter registration address and vote during early voting; requiring proof of residency to register or update an existing voter registration address during early voting; specifying methods of requesting an absentee ballot, including through an accessible online application; etc.

Analysis:

Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

All Sponsors:

The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Reznik, Barve, Bobo, Carr, Clagett, Davis, Dumais, Frick, Guzzone, Hucker, Lafferty, Luedtke, McHale, Mitchell, Rosenberg, Simmons, Tarrant, M. Washington, Howard, and Cardin

Additional Facts:

Cross-filed with: SB0279
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): July 1, 2013
Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit
By Request of the Governor

Committee(s):

Ways and Means