File #: O-18-24    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reader
File created: 7/24/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/14/2024 Final action:
Title: Elections - Mail-in Voting - For the purpose of replacing the entire Annapolis City Code chapter on absentee voting with state-required mail-in voting standards set in the Election Law Article of the Maryland Code; and generally related to mail-in voting.
Sponsors: Gavin Buckley
Indexes: Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-18-24 First Reader, 2. O-18-24 Legislative Summary, 3. O-18-24 Fiscal Impact Note, 4. O-18-24 Staff Report
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Elections - Mail-in Voting - For the purpose of replacing the entire Annapolis City Code chapter on absentee voting with state-required mail-in voting standards set in the Election Law Article of the Maryland Code; and generally related to mail-in voting.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 18-24

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley


Referred to:
Rules and City Government Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Elections - Mail-in Voting

FOR the purpose of replacing the entire Annapolis City Code chapter on absentee voting with state-required mail-in voting standards set in the Election Law Article of the Maryland Code; and generally related to mail-in voting.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2024 Edition:
4.28 - Absentee Voting

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that:
1. The Absentee Voting Elections Chapter in the Elections Title of the City Code, ? 4.28, is hereby repealed in its entirety; and
2. The following provisions are hereby enacted as the new Chapter 4.28 of the Elections Title, to ensure compliance with the state's election law regarding absentee ballots and mail-in voting.


Title 4 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 4.28 - Mail-in Voting

4.28.010 - Mail-in Voting Allowed.
A. A registered voter may vote by mail in municipal elections unless preempted under an applicable state or federal law.

B. The circumstances and criteria for municipal mail-in voting are established in this chapter.
1. This chapter deals with municipal elections of the City.
2. The term "mail-in voting" in this chapter may also be referred to as absentee voting in the other chapters and titles of the City Code and/or the City Chapter.

4.28.020 - Board Duties
A. Application Form.
1. The Board shall prescribe all forms of the municipal mail-in ballot application, envelopes, instructions, and other forms as may be required.
2. On the application, the Board...

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