October 16 is Deadline to Register, Update Address Information, and Request a New Polling Place
Important deadlines for the upcoming 2012 Presidential General Election are approaching. The deadline to register to vote, update address information, and request a polling place change is 9:00 pm, Tuesday, October 16, 2012.
To vote in the upcoming election, Maryland residents who are eligible to vote but are not yet registered – including 17 year olds who will be 18 years old or older on or before the November 6th General Election – must register to vote. Eligible individuals can now register to vote or update address information at www.elections.state.md.us. Applications can also be hand-delivered or mailed.
Online applications must be submitted by 9 pm on October 16th, and hand-delivered applications must be received by the St. Mary’s County Board of Elections by 9 pm on the same day. A mailed application must be postmarked by October 16, 2012. This is also the deadline for registered voters to update address information to the St. Mary’s County Board of Elections.
Paper voter registration applications are available at the following locations:
- Local boards of elections
- Motor Vehicle Administration offices
- State Department of Health offices
- Local Department of Social Services offices
- Offices on Aging
- Division of Rehabilitation Services
- Public Institutions of higher education
- Marriage license bureaus
- Post offices
- Public libraries
- State Board of Elections
- 1-800-222-8683 to request an application by mail
Go to: www.elections.state.md.us (click &ldqu
