[Amended 2-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-OR-01]
The Town Clerk is designated to provide support to the Supervisors
of Elections, to include without limitation to receive filings, candidate
petitions, applications for absentee ballots and to certify candidate
petitions.
The election officers or Town Clerk-Treasurer, if designated
in lieu of the election officers, shall be in charge of any supplemental
registration lists, nominations and all Town elections.
Notice of elections shall be as provided for in §
7A of the Town Charter.
[Amended 2-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-OR-01]
All eligible persons registered to vote with the Prince George's
County Board of Supervisors of Elections who reside in the Town shall
be considered registered voters of the Town.
[Amended 2-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-OR-01]
Any person eligible to vote in the Town may register to vote
with the Prince George's County Board of Supervisors of Elections.
The election officers shall register all citizens of the Town
who are at least 18 years of age at the time of application and who
possess the qualifications necessary to entitle them to register as
legally qualified voters of the State of Maryland.
[Amended 2-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-OR-01]
A. Any qualified voter of the Town may vote in any municipal election
by absentee ballot.
B. Requests to vote by absentee ballot must be received by the Supervisors
of Elections not later than the Tuesday prior to any Town election.
(1) After the Tuesday preceding an election through the close of business
on the day preceding an election, any person registered and otherwise
qualified to vote may apply, in person or through a duly authorized
agent who appears in person, to the Supervisors of Elections for an
emergency absentee ballot.
(2) Upon receipt of the application, the Supervisors of Elections shall
issue to the applicant, or a duly authorized agent, an absentee ballot
which shall be marked by the voter and returned as directed to the
Supervisors of Elections.
C. The Supervisors of Elections shall mail absentee ballots to qualified
voters, at the timely request of those voters, not less than six days
prior to the election.
D. Completed absentee ballots must be returned to the Supervisors of
Elections prior to the closing of the polls on election day.