Every picture taken for the purpose of issuing a voter’s identification card shall be deemed a private document, and its use by any court of law shall be authorized only for proceedings arising from the commission of an election-related crime. Likewise, it may only be used by the Commission to implement any of the provisions of this subtitle, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, in connection with the identification of voters.\nExcept in the aforesaid cases, the Commission shall not show pictures of voters contained in their files to any person who is not related to a political party.\nIt is expressly forbidden to require the presentation of the voter identification card for any public or private purpose that is not election-related. The use of the card is hereby authorized only when voluntarily shown by the voter.\nHistory —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 6.011.
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