Thread: MARYLAND (2011)

HOUSE BILL 288

Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

File Code: Elections

Sponsored By: Delegates Afzali, Boteler, Fisher, Glass, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, McComas, McDermott, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Serafini, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale

Entitled:
Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity

Synopsis:

Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot; allowing a voter who is unable to present a specified form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under specified circumstances; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0288f.pdf

STATUS:
House
2/1 First Reading Ways and Means
2/2 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0288.htm

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