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Session Laws, 1937
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182 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 95

of any qualified voter who would have the right to vote for
such candidate at the approaching election, the Circuit Court
for any county or one of the Judges of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City may, by order, require said Supervisors of
Elections to correct such error or to show cause why such
error should not be corrected.

64. If at any election there be a constitutional question,
or any other question to be submitted to the popular vote, the
said question shall be placed upon said ballot in the form
following: "For Constitutional Amendment, " "Against Con-
stitutional Amendment, " "For Proposition, " "Against Propo-
sition, " and said respective questions shall be placed at the
bottom of the ballot as hereinbefore mentioned, so that the
voter may clearly indicate, in the way hereinbefore pointed
out, whether he shall wish to cast his ballot for or against the
Constitutional Amendment or Proposition or Propositions sub-
mitted; provided, however, that the above provision as to the
position of such questions upon the ballot shall not apply to
the ballot-labels to be used upon voting machines in those pre-
cincts in which such machines shall be used.

65. All said ballots in all elections in and throughout the
State of Maryland, including all the counties thereof and
Baltimore City, except in those precincts in which voting
machines shall be used, shall be printed in the same uniform
type upon plain white printing paper of ordinary book weight
in black ink, and the names of all candidates and their several
party designations shall be printed upon all ballots which
may be used in any and all elections in every county of the
State and in the City of Baltimore, in the following type,
to wit: In clear, plain bold and legible roman capitals, twelve-
point, generally known as pica type, one-eighth of an inch
high or in depth, and the printing of said names of said
candidates and of their respective party designations, shall
also be uniform in style and appearance throughout the ballot;
and it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions for Baltimore City and of the Board of Supervisors of
Elections for each county, to cause all ballots to be used by
voters of said city, and the several counties, to be printed in
manner and form as aforesaid: On the back and outside of
all ballots shall be printed the words "Official Ballot For, "
followed by the designation of the county, congressional, legis-
lative, councilmanic or other district (but not the number
or name of the precinct), for which it is prepared, the date
of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the President
of the Board of Supervisors of Elections, by whom the ballots
have been prepared. Said ballot shall be printed on the same

 

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