The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-18

discrimination in the matter of assist
ance in marking ballots shall be made
for or against any duly registered
voter for any other cause whatever.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That Section GO of said Article So,
title Elections" subtitle Count OF
Ballots, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments, so as to read as follows:
66. The judges shall then open the
ballot-box and count and announce
the whole number of ballots in the
box. They shall reject any ballots
which are deceitfully folded together,
and any ballots which do not have
endorsed thereon the name or initials
of the Judge who held the ballots. If
the voter has marked more names
than there are persons to be elected
to an Office, or if there shall be any
mark on the ballot other than the
cross mark in a square opposite to
the name of candidate, or other
than the name or names of any can
didate written by the voter on the
ballot as provided in Section 40, his
ballot shall not be counted. Ballots
not counted for such defects shall be
marked Defective on the back
thereof, and shall be wrapped in a
separate package and returned to the
ballot-boX as hereinafter directed. No
vote shall be counted for any candi-
date opposite whose name no cross
mark shall be placed. They shall
open the ballots, and all of them
shall be canvassed separately by one
of the judges sitting between two
other judges, which Judge shall call
out each name and the Office for
which it is designated, and the other
judges looking at the ballot at the
same time, and the clerks making
tally of the same. When all the bal
lots have been canvassed in this man
ner, the election clerks shall compare
their tallies together and ascertain
total number of votes received by
each candidate, and when they agree
upon the numbers, one of them shall
announce in Il loud voice to the judges
the aggregate number of votes re-
ceived by each candidate. Ifreuuest-
ed by any watcher or challenger pres
ent at any canvass, it shall be the
duty OF the judges and each of them
to exhibit to such watcher or chal-
lenger any ballots cast, fully opened
or in such condition and manner that
he may fully read and examine the
same, but the judges shall not allow
any ballot to be taken from their
hands. As the ballots are counted
they shall he strung upon strong
Irvine.
Sec. :. And be it further enacted,
That Section ia A of said Article 80,
title Elections subtitle "Miscel-
laneous Provisions be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted so
as to read as follows
ia A. AT least thirty days before
every State election the Attorney
General shall prepare full instructions
for the guidance of the voters of such
election as to obtaining ballots, as to
the manner of marking them, and as
to obtaining new ballots in place of
those accidently destroyed, with such
other instructions as shall in his opin-
ion be necessary and proper, said in
structions shall be furnished by the
Secretary of State to the several
Boards of Supervisors of Elections.
who shall, respectively, cause the
same together with copies of Sections
81, 90 and 63 of this Article, to be
printed in large, clear type, on separ-
struction,n and said Boards of Super
visors shall furnish twelve of the
same with ballots for use in each
election precinct. They shall also
cause to be printed on light cardboard
or heavy sized PAPER, ten more copies
of the form of the ballot provided for
each voting place at each election
therein, of considerably magnified
size, which shall be called Specimen
Ballots" and the same shall be fur
nished with the other ballots prepar-
ed for each voting place. On the
morning of said election, the said
Supervisors of Elections shall cause
to be conspicuously posted in each
polling place, said cards of instruction
and largely magnified specimen bal
lots, and one of said cards of instruc-
tion shall be affixed in each booth OF
voting compartment, and the said
specimen ballots shall be conspicuous
ly displayed in said polling room and
on the outside of the building where
in said voting shall take place. Not
less than three of said cards and three
of said specimen ballots shall be post
ed outside the guard-rails, and not
less than three of each of same shall
be securely and conspicuously posted
on the outside of the building in
which the polls are held, before the
balloting begins, in such position
that the same may be easily examin-
ed by the public.
Sec. s. And be it enacted, That all
Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act be
and the same are hereby repealed,
and this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved March 81, 1901.