The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.


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prepare his ballot, and in no event longer
than five minuteS in case all such ooo,hS
or compartments are in use ana other
voters are waiting to occupy the same.
Before leaving the voting booth or com
partment the voter shall fold his ballot,
without displaying the marks thereon IN
the same way it was folded when received
by him, and he shall keep the same SO
folded until he has voted, and so that
the signature or initials Of the judge from
| whom he received it, and the name ana
number written on the coupon thereof
but nothing else thereon, may be seen.
He shall forthwith hand his said ballot
to the Judge at the ballot-box, and shall
give his name and residence, and upon
his being identified as the person who re-
ceived said ballot the judge shall deposit
his ballot in the box, having first detached
therefrom its coupon, which he snail then
for the purpose, ana the said voter shall
forthwith leave the enclosed space. The
judges having charge of the registers shali
thsn in 1T the the comn ne Wh the
of the voter, mark the word Voted" or
the letter ~ No ballot without the en-
dorsement of the name or initials OF the
judge thereon, as hereinbefore provided,
shall be deposited in said ballot-boX; but.
if deposited, it shall be counted al the close
Of the election; and the judges shall, IN
ink, mark on the back thereof the word
Counted ard sign their names below.
g.. Any voter VINO declares under oath
to the judges of election that he cannot
read or write, or that by reason of physi-
cal disability he is unable to mark his
ballot, and who shall have stated such
inability at the time of registering. and
is so entered in the registers, shall receive
the assistance of the clerks in preparing
the same in the manner following: Such
voter, after making such oath, may re
quire one of the clerks to read to him the
contents of the ballot, so that the voter
can ascertain the position of the names
of the candidates on each ballot. The
clerk so requested shall read said ballot
to such voter in the presence of the other
clerk, Whereupon the voter shall retire to
one of the booths or compartments and
prepare his ballot in the manner herein
quest one of said clerks, in the presence of
the other, to mark the names of the can
didates for whom he yhall desire to vote,
or mark group, should said voter de-
sire to vote for an entire group. Affidavlts
of such voters shall contain statement
of the name and registered address of
is unable to mark his ballot. and how long
such disability has existed: and blanks
for such aftidavits shall be furnished by
the supervisors Of elections in sufficient
numbers for each polling place, and all
such affdavits shall be returned with the
poll-books.
6. ANY voter who SHALL by accident or
mistake, spoil his ballot SO that he cannot
turning said spoiled ballot to the, judge
holding the ballots, receive another in
place Of 1t, with his name and the same
as on the ballot so returned; but no Voter
shall receive more than three ballots
from said judge for the reason aforesaid.
Ihe baosS .hhs h snaIl oe tbarenn
the word Spoiled" and, together with
those not distributed to the voters, shall
be preserved and returned to the super
vided. Every voter who does not vote
any ballot delivered to him shall, before
Leaving the polling place. return Is such
ceived it, and said returned ballot shall
be retained as If said ballot had been
spoiled. When any one claiming to be
person whose name appears upon the
registers shall make application for a
ballot. his right to vote at that election
may be challenged, but shall not be deter
mined min until af + he has marked his 10 ballet
box. The person challenging shall assign
his reason therefor, and one of the Judges
shall thereupon administer to the person
answers to questions; and If he shall take
said oath he shall be questioned by the
judge or judges touching said cause of
by the person challenging him in regard
thereto; and if majority of the Judges
are Of opinion that he is the person so
his 0Se shall be
as qualified voter of the precinct shall
be entitled to vote or to receive ballot,
but no vote shall be rejected because OF
an error in the spelling of the voters name
Or because of the wrongful omission or
addition of one or more initials of his
middle name or names, or because the
voter gives the initials, one or more, of
his Christian or given name. instead of
his full name, or one or more Of his Chris
tan or given name or names, instead of
the initial or initials thereof, or because
Of an error in the number of his residence
on the register, provided a majority of
the judges are satisfied that the person
offering to vote is the Identical person who
Is registered, and that he intended to
register his true name and residence.
Unless a majority Of the judges are of
the opinion that the person SO challenged
is entitled to vote, the judge at the ballot
box shall endorse upon his ballot the word
Rejected" and return the same, still fold
Judge holding the ballots, and the clerks
of election shall draw a line through the
name and number of said person, as en-
tered on their poll-books, and write there
after the word rejected" or, If for any
other reason q person who has received
a ballot shall leave the polling place with
out voting, they shall likewise draw a
line through his name and number on the
poll-books and write thereafter the words
did not vote" All ballots returned to
the judge holding the ballots shall be
Immediately strung by him upon cord or
wire provided for the purpose, still folded,
and>with the coupons still attached, and
each endorsed upon the back thereof with
mot voted" as the case may be, and all
such ballots shall be returned to the SUI
perVisors Of elections, as hereinafter pro-
Vided