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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 28

voter's signature with his signature as it appears on the
registration records, shall remove the voter's

registration from the records and retain the cancellation
authorization in the records of [said] THE board.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved March 16, 1976.

CHAPTER 29

(House Bill 396)

AN ACT concerning

Election Code - Voters' Identification Cards

FOR the purpose of correcting certain language in the
election code; changing the nomenclature of a
certain document issued to a registered voter;
permitting the reproduction of a certain document by
any election board; and making style changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 — Election Code

Section 3—23

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3-23 of Article 33 - Election
Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

3-23.

(a)            The board of registry [at the time of

registration] shall issue a card containing the name and
address of the voter, the date of issue, and the election
district and precinct of the voter.         [Such] THE card

shall be [prima facie] evidence that [such] THE voter has
been properly registered on the date appearing [thereon]
ON THE CARD. The board [shall have the authority to]
MAY issue duplicate voters' [identification] NOTIFICATION
OR INFORMATION cards, to be stamped "Duplicate" [to a
voter] when [he] A VOTER changes his address[.] OR NAME.