• Rules and Information for Voters
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What happens when I arrive at my polling place on Election Day?

1. You can bring one or two children under 18 years old with you to vote. Under Maryland law, the children can accompany you as long as they do not disrupt or interfere with normal voting procedures. (Election Law Article, sec. 10-308, Annotated Code of Maryland).
2. You cannot use your cell phone, pager, camera, and computer equipment in an early voting center or at a polling place.
3. You can bring any printed material - including your marked sample ballot - to help you vote.
4. Some first time voters in Maryland will be asked to show ID before voting. If you are asked to show ID, please show an election judge one of the following forms of ID:
   • A copy of a current and valid photo ID (i.e., Maryland driver's license, MVA ID card, student, employee, or military ID card, U.S. passport, or any other State or federal government-issued ID card); or
   • A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document that shows your name and address. Current means that the document is dated within 3 months of the election.
5. When you go vote, you can wear clothing, buttons or stickers with political messages, but you must leave the early voting center or polling place immediately after voting.
6. In a general election, you can write-in the name of a candidate, but in a primary election, you cannot. Instructions on how to cast a write-in vote and a listing of the filed write-in candidates will be posted at the early voting centers and at your polling place on Election Day.
7. If your employer asks for proof that you voted, ask an election judge for a Certificate of Participation.

High School and College Student FAQs

1. If you are at least 18 years of age before Primary Election Day, May 14, 2024, you can vote.
2. If you are at least 16 years of age by May 14, 2024, you can register to vote and volunteer to be an Election Judge. Election Judge positions require permission slips from parents if you are under 18 years of age.
3. It is not recommended that you change your address once you're living at college. It may or may not change scholarship awards and grants.
4. You can request to have a mail-in ballot sent to your college address or online delivery system without changing your address in your voter registration record by using your college address as a mailing address.
5. You can vote at one of Carroll County's early voting centers in lieu of voting by mail or on election day.
6. If you are registered as any party other than Democrat or Republican, in a primary election, you will receive an “unaffiliated” ballot. Carroll County ballots for “unaffiliated” voters will only include candidates for the “Board of Education.”
7. Click here for information about Legislative Scholarships.