The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PRIMARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CT a. PT RI 3A7,

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 160E of Article
33 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, title Elections"
subtitle Primary Elections as
said section was enacted by Chapter
2 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly, of 1912, relating to the subject
Primary Elections" including the
provision for furnishing new registry
books and transcribing the names OF
qualified voters residing i'm the sew
eral counties O, the State from the
registry books In use to the new reg
istry books, and providing for the
payment of the cost thereof by the
County Commissioners of the sew
eral counties OF the State.
Section i. BE il enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 160E of Article 80 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland,
title ELECTIONS" subtitle Primary
Elections" as said section was enact
cd by Chapter 2 of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1912, be and the
same il hereby repealed and re-enact-
cd, with amendments, SO as to read al
follows:
16OE. As many different sets of Of
fisial ballots shall be printed and sup
piled by the Board of Supervisors of
Elections at each polling place, and al
many ballots boxes shall be used ut
each polling place, as there are sep
arate party nominations, delegates,
executives or managing or executive
bodies to be voted for; and to prevent
voters belonging to or acting with one
rfr
Intentionally casting their ballots for
the candidate for nomination for Office,
or election as delegate to any conven-
ton or a. executive or member of an
executive or managing committee of
any other party and to facilitate it's
being promptly detected If 20 cast, the
ballots of the several parties shall be-
printed upon Opaque paper O. different
cOlors, to be determined by the sew
eral Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
tons; and until after the next general
registration i'm the counties every per-
son Offering to vote at a primary cleo
ton shall b. required to state to which
party h. belongs and which partys
candidate he intends to vote for at the
State, city or county election, and
every qualified person offering to vote
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"a primary election shall be permit
ted to vote in the primary cleo
ton OF that party to which h. be-
intends to vote for at the State or
county election and i'm Baltimore City
and i'm the counties. After the next
general registration i'm the counties,
every qualified person offering to vote
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ted to vote i'm the primary election OF
that party only with which he shall ap-
pear upon the books OF registration to
b. affiliated. The respective Boards
OF Supervisors OF Elections i'm the sew
eral counties are hereby authorized
and required, Immediately upon the
passage of this Act, to have prepared
new books oil registry for use i'm all
of the districts or precincts of the
said several counties for the TRANSCRIPT
ing OF the names of the qualified vOt-
ers residing therein from the registra-
ton books i'm use. The said TRANSCRIPT
ing shall b. done i'm the Offices OF the
Boards OF Supervisors OF Elections by
four (4) clerks to b. selected, two by
the Supervisors representing the ma
jority party and two by the Super
visOrs representing the minority party
as the said parties are now constituted
In this State, except Baltimore county,
where said transcribing shall b. done
ln the Office or the Board ri Super
visors oil Elections by twelve (12)
clerks, I'd b. selected, IL by the Su-
pervisors representing the major
ty party and il by the Super
visor representing the minority party,
lsnthe said parties re now constituted
IA this State. The transcribing shall
u done by the said clerks and the new
looks, after being transcribed shall