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2014 年 10 月 3 日
（星期五）
美华商报
英语专版
Governor O’
Malley Highlights the Many Ways Marylanders
Can Register to Vote on National Voter Registration Day
il right number one’ — the
right to vote.”
Over the last seven
years, the O’Malley-Brown
Administration has taken ac⁃
tion to expand access to vot⁃
ing, and to make the pro⁃
cess simple and easy for all
eligible voters in the State
of Maryland. Governor O’
Malley proposed and signed
legislation
allowing
for
same-day registration in the
2016 elections. In 2011, he
signed legislation establish⁃
ing online voter registration,
and since implementation,
the system has registered
over 70,000 voters. During
the 2012 election cycle, 108,
000 Marylanders used the
system to register or modify
their voter registration.
The O’ Malley-Brown
Administration
has
also
ANNAPOLIS, MD –
Governor O’ Malley today
highlighted the many ways
Marylanders can register to
vote and the importance of
participating in the 2014
elections in Maryland. The
deadline to register to vote
for the 2014 elections is
Tuesday, October 14, 2014.
“Government works best
when more people partici⁃
pate at the ballot box,” said
Gov. O’
Malley. “We’ do⁃
re
ing more, not less, to give
young people, the mentally
disabled, our military, and
so many others the opportuni⁃
ty to make their voices
heard in their communities,
and exercise what Dr. Mar⁃
tin Luther King called, ‘civ⁃
worked tirelessly to protect
and secure the people’ s
right to vote. In 2007, Gover⁃
nor O’
Malley signed legisla⁃
tion restoring voting rights
to an estimated 52,000 indi⁃
viduals
who
completed
court-ordered sentences, in⁃
cluding parole or probation
for a felony conviction. Mary⁃
land also passed legislation
allowing residents who at
least 16 years of age to reg⁃
ister to vote and allow other
young Marylanders to partici⁃
pate in primaries as long as
their 18th birthday comes be⁃
fore the general election
that same year.
Maryland
also
estab⁃
lished protections through an
amendment in 2010 clearing
the way for mentally dis⁃
abled
individuals
under
guardianship to get regis⁃
tered to vote. As a result, a
court must find clear and
convincing evidence that an
individual cannot communi⁃
cate their desire to vote. A N(0