The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.

upon which said newspaper is issued
before the day of election. Such pub
icatiOn shall be made i'm newspapers
devoted to the dissemination of gen.
eral news; and the two newspapers
selected shall, if possible, represent
the political parties which at the last
preceding election cast the largest and
next largest number of votes. The list
of nominations published by the Super
visors Of Elections shall be arranged
SO far as practicable in the order and
form in which they are to 0e printed
upon the ballots.
The aforegoing provisions of this
section shall apply to Baltimore City,
Baltimore, Wicomico, Carroll, Wash
ington, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, AL
legany, Cecil, Montgomery, Howard,
Caroline. Hartford, Frederick and Gar
rett counties, and the following pro-
visions of the section shall apply only
to the following counties: Anne Arun-
del, Calvert, Charles, Kent, Prince
Georges, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot
and Worcester.
At least eight days before an elec-
tion to fill any public Office, the Super
visors of Elections of each county and
OF the City of Baltimore shall cause
to be published in two or more news
papers within such county and in all
the daily papers published in said city,
which will publish the same at the cur
rent rate for advertising, the nomina-
tiOnS to office which have been filed
with or certified to them under the
provisions OF this Article; if in any
county there be but one newspaper
published, publication in such one
newspaper shall be sufficient: they
shall not make less than two slch
publications in each of such neWSpa-
pers before the day of election, and
one of such publications in each news
paper shall be upon the last day upon
which said newspaper is issued before
the day Of election. Such publication
shall be made in newspapers devoted
to the dissemination of general news,
and the two newspapers selected shall,
If possible, represent the political par
ties which at the last preceding elec-
tiOn cast the largest and next largest
number of votes. 1t shall be unlaW-
full for any Board of Supervisors of
Elections or for any person, corpora
ton, firm or newspaper, or the pro-
prietOr or publisher of any newspaper,
to publish, advertise or circulate or
cause to be published or advertised
or circulated any sample or fac simiie
of the ballot or the form of ballot TO
be used in any of the said lasI-men-
toned counties of the State, or for any
person Or voter to take into the poll
ing place or booth any sample or fac
simile of the ballot or to use any sam
pie or fac simile of the ballot when
marking when marking his ballot or
take into the polling place or use
when marking his ballot any stencil,
ruler, measure or other mechanical
device of any material or form as
means of aid, guidance or assistance
in marking his ballot. Amy violation
of any of the aforegoing provisions Of
this section shall be punished by fine
of not less than five hundred nor more
than one thousand dollars or by i'm
prisonment in jail for not less than
thirty days nor more than one year,
in the discretion of the Court.
"a. The form and arrangement of
the ballots shall be as follows: All
ballots shall contain the name OF every
candidate whose nomination for any
Office specified in the ballot has been
certified to and filed according to the
provisions Of this Article, and not with
drawn in accordance herewith. The
names of candidates for every office
shall, except in the case for PreSiden-
tial Electors, be arranged alphabetic-
ally according to their surnames, un-
der the designation Of the office. Above
the group OF names Of the candidates
for each office and upon a Separateline
Immediately underneath the deSigna-
ton of the Office, there shall be print
ed in bold, plain roman capitals, twelve
point (pica) type, an appropriate di-
rection or instruction to the voter, in
forming him of the number of persons
for whom he may lawfully vote for
the particular office mentioned imme-
diately above each such direction,
thus: vote for One," or vote for
Two" or "Vote for Six" as the case
may be. To the right of the name Of
each candidate upon the official ballot,
and properly separated flom said
names, and Immediately to the
left OF the square opposite the
name of the candidate, and in line
Herewith, shall be added the designa-
tion of the party or principle which
the candidate represents, as is duly
contained in the certificate of nomina-
tion or nomination papers (said des-
ignation Of the party, however, shall
consist solely of the name of the party
to be expressed in one word only and
nothing more.) To the name of each
candidate for State Office or candidate
for Congress shall be added the namc
of the county or city in which the can
didate resides. Ballots shall be SO
printed as to give each voter a clear
opportunity to designate by cross
(X) in square at the right of the
name Of each candidate, and at the
right of each question, his choice OF
candidates and his answer to such
question.
If the candidate is named for the
same Office on two or more certifi-
ficates of nomination, his name shall
be printed on the ballot but once, and
to the right of the name of said can
didate shall be added the name of one
of the parties which such candidate
represents, as appearing in said GER
tiflcate of nomination, and the Board
OF Supervisors of Elections shall cause
to be printed TO the right of the name