Sec. 33.11.02.07. Identification Requirements

A. Scope. This regulation applies only to an absentee voter who:

(1) Registered to vote in Maryland after January 1, 2003;

(2) Submitted the voter registration application by mail or is required to provide personal identification information to complete a verification inquiry under COMAR 33.05.04.04;

(3) Is voting in Maryland for the first time after January 1, 2004; and

(4) Is not entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, or to vote otherwise than in person under §3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act or any other federal law.

B. Identification Required. Except as provided in §D of this regulation, an individual covered by this regulation shall submit with the absentee ballot application or with the absentee ballot a copy of personal identification information.

C. Requirement Satisfied. An individual is not required to submit a copy of personal identification information under §C of this regulation if:

(1) The State Board has matched with an existing State identification record the individual's name, date of birth, and the Motor Vehicle Administration identification number or at least the last four digits of the Social Security number provided by the individual on or with the voter registration application; or

(2) The individual has previously submitted to the local board a copy of personal identification information.

D. Fail-Safe Provision. If an individual covered by this regulation submits an absentee ballot and has not submitted required personal identification information by the beginning of the absentee ballot canvass, the absentee ballot shall be treated as a provisional ballot properly applied for and shall be canvassed insofar as possible under the procedures in COMAR 33.16.05.05, 33.16.05.06, and 33.16.06.