On Election Day, the polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. You must always vote at your assigned polling place. Contact the Board of Elections if you are unsure of your polling location, or go to our polling locator at where do I vote?
If your designated polling place is not accessible for the elderly and/or handicapped, you may make application for reassignment to an accessible polling place. A Maryland voter who is elderly or disabled and who wishes to vote in person in the February 12, 2008 Primary Election and/or the November 4, 2008 General Election has until close of the business on Tuesday January 22, 2008 for the Primary Election and Tuesday, October 14, 2008 for the General Election, to request that the voter be reassigned to an accessible polling place if the voter's home polling place is inaccessible.
A request for reassignment must be in writing and reach the appropriate local board of elections by close of January 22, 2008 for the Primary Election and October 14, 2008 for the General Election. At that time, the local board of elections will reassign the voter to a polling place that is accessible, where the voter may vote the ballot of his or her home precinct.
For more information, voters may contact the county board of elections or the State Board of Elections at 1-800-222-VOTE (8683) OR www.elections.state.md.us
Baltimore County has a new Touch-Screen Voting System. The Accuvote-TS System is used at all voting locations and offers the following features:
- Touch screen voting
- Intelligent voter card technology
- Electronic ballot access
- Screen "magnify" feature
- Results securely stored using world-class encryption techniques
- On-screen write-in capability (General Election only)
- Full accessibility for the disabled
To learn more about the voting systems in use in Maryland visit www.mdvotes.org.
You may request an absentee ballot if you are unable to vote at your designated polling place. To obtain an absentee ballot application for requesting an absentee ballot, you can do one of the following:
The deadline for for your local board to receive your request for an absentee ballot is February 5, 2008 for the Primary Election and October 28, 2008 for the General Election at 4:30 p.m. if by mail, and before midnight if by fax.
Emergency applications are accepted in person until the polls close on election day.
Absentee ballots must be received by your local Board of Elections by 8 p.m. February 12, 2008 for the Primary Election, and 8 p.m. November 4, 2008 for the General Election. Absentee ballots delivered by the U.S. Postal Service or by a private mail carrier may be received by February 22, 2008 by 10 a.m. if postmarked that it was mailed before Election Day, February 12, 2008 for the Primary Election. Absentee ballots delivered by the U.S. Postal Service or by a private mail carrier may be received by November 14, 2008 by 10 a.m. if postmarked that it was mailed before Election Day, November 4, 2008 for the General Election.
The official absentee canvas is February 14, 2008 for the Primary Election and November 6, 2008 at 10 a.m for the General Election. This is open to the public.
Contact your Board of Elections for additional information. In order to receive your ballot timely, we recommend your request be made as early as possible.
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Revised August 23, 2007
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