Maryland

Search by jurisdiction: county
Soft matching: yes
Signing dates: no sandwiching, year is required
Transcribing: not allowed

Circulator Declarations

The shorthand is the

1. first letter of the first name
2. first letter of last name
3. first digit of house number
4. first letter of street name
5. first letter of city
6. first letter of state
7. first digit of phone number, regardless of whether the first digit is an area code or main number
8. full 5-digit zip code

Check the box if the circulator signed, and enter the signing date.

Signatures

Be aware that Baltimore City is treated as separate county from Baltimore, the county.

Maryland is super strict. To match, Maryland requires at least a middle initial or fully spelled out middle name to be printed unless there is no middle name in the voter database. John Smith on the petition does not match John Henry Smith in the database. Must be John H. Smith or John Henry Smith for the printed name on the petition. It can be a match if the voter printed their middle name, but the voter database does not have a middle name.

Double initials and abbreviated names like Wm are deficient. J Henry Smith and John H Smith are good, but J H Smith is -n0.

Nickames cannot match to registered names. Mike ≠ Michael and Nicholas ≠ Nick. If you find the voter, but they used a different variation of their name, you must tag it as a non match.