VOTER INFORMATION
Kent and Queen Anne's Counties and various districts in
Cecil, Caroline and Talbot Counties make up Legislative District 36.
Your voter registration card which you receive through the mail determines your
polling place. Once you are registered, you may vote in your resident
municipality as well as in local, state, and federal elections.
You are eligible to vote if
you...
- are a U.S. citizen, are at least 18 years
of age or will be at the time of the next general election
- are a legal resident of Maryland
- have not been convicted (without parden), more than
once of an infamous crime
- are not under sentence or on probation or parole
following conviction for an infamous crime
- are not under guardianship for mental disability
- are registered to vote
A Voter Registration Card
is mailed to you and determines your polling place. Once you are registered,
you may vote in your resident municipality and local, state and federal
elections.
Call your Supervisor of
Elections for information on deadlines and for information on filing
requirements if you wish to run for elected office.
The Maryland State Board of Elections
website presents complete registration information, (as well as campaign
finance and the current elections, voter candidates running for county, state
and federal offices).
ABSENTEE
BALLOT
A qualified voter who
cannot get to his or her polling place in person on Election Day because of
absence from home, illness or disability, confinement in or restrictions to an
institution, or who resides outside the U.S. must apply for the ballot
application.
When your signed
application is processed and you are found qualified, the ballot will be mailed
to you. Instructions for completing and returning the ballot will be included.