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Voter Registration Information

Please note the following information: The Voter Registration Qualifications was quoted from MD State Board of Elections web site. All other Voter Registration Information was quoted from Project Vote Smart web site. For any questions or inquires about this information, please contact your local Board of Elections.

Voter Registration Information for Maryland

Important Dates to Remember:

Last day to register to vote for the
General Election-
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 9:00 p.m.

Deadline for receipt of General Absentee Ballot Applications under normal circumstances-
In Person or By Mail:
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
By Fax:
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 by 11:59 p.m.

General Election- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Voter Registration reopens-
Monday, November 17, 2008

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Must register to vote 21 days before the election.
Can change or select party affiliation 90 days before the election. (Quoted from Project Vote Smart Web Site)

QUALIFICATIONS

To register to vote in Maryland, you must:

  • Be a U.S. citizen;
  • Be a Maryland resident;
  • Be at least 18 years old by the next General Election;
  • Not be under guardianship for mental disability;
  • Not have been convicted of buying or selling votes;
  • Not have been convicted of a felony, or if you have, you have completed serving a court ordered sentence of imprisonment, including any term of parole or probation for the conviction.

* The court-imposed sentence includes probation, parole, community service, restitutions, and fines.

To be considered a Maryland resident, your domicile must be in Maryland. Your domicile is the place that you consider to be your 'official' or 'permanent' home, even though it may be different from the place where you are actually living on a short-term or temporary basis. Your domicile will ordinarily be the address you use most frequently on tax returns or other government documents, driver's license, bank accounts, charge accounts, for insurance purposes, and so forth. (Quoted from Project Vote Smart Web Site)

For information about Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, and Washington, DC, please use the links page to go to your state's Board of Elections.

Updated 4/14/08

If you have any questions or comments about this web site, please e-mail Corey Ryan, webmaster. Also, please contact me if you would like to get involved with the 2007-2008 Voter Registration Campaign at FSU.