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HB 436

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Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors

Sponsor: Kris Fair (District 3)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering, from 16 years old to 15 years and 9 months old, the age at which an individual may register to vote; requiring that a voter notification card sent to an individual under the age of 18 years include information regarding when the individual will be eligible to vote; and requiring the election director in the county where a registered voter under the age of 18 years becomes eligible to vote to send a notice that the voter is eligible to vote and information on the voting methods and locations available to the voter.

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Testimony (37)

MGA witness list
FAV 15FavorableUNF 22Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWyatt, LaurenBlack Girls Vote, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVDrayton, MorganlobbyistCommon Cause MDOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFranco, ArielCommon Cause Youth ProgramsOral
FAVDavis, EmilyFair Elections CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVReynolds-Dominguez, CamilalobbyistFreeState JusticePosition only
FAVTyree, NikkiLWVMDOral
FAVFair, KrisMaryland General AssemblyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKess, NaShonalobbyistMaryland NAACPOral
FAVHossainkhail, AlexanderMaryland Youth Advisory CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVNickerson, SherrylobbyistOld Line Government AffairsWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Fair, Delegate FairlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVRoss, T CarterIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSlade, JacquelynIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFGallagher, GeorgeICQPosition only
UNFAtkins, RobertIndividualPosition only
UNFBenhoff, JeanIndividualPosition only
UNFBenjaminson, HeatherIndividualPosition only
UNFCirone, ChristineIndividualPosition only
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
UNFDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFFink, NeldaIndividualPosition only
UNFKatz, JanetIndividualPosition only
UNFKolakoski, VirginiaIndividualPosition only
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFMcShane, JolieIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
UNFPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
UNFPratta, KimIndividualPosition only
UNFSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
UNFThompson, TaraIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
UNFmcavoy, vinceIndividualOral
UNFsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDrayton, MorganCommon Cause MDRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland
FAVReynolds-Dominguez, CamilaFreeState JusticeRegistered for: FreeState Justice
FAVKess, NaShonaMaryland NAACPRegistered for: NAACP Maryland State Conference of Branches
FAVNickerson, SherryOld Line Government AffairsRegistered for: Maryland Green Industry Council; Wireless Infrastructure Association; New Venture Fund; Maryland Association of Green Industries, Inc.; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake; FEi Systems