ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1453
to the judges of election for all of those precincts in said
county or city wherein said nominee may be voted for, and
said judges shall affix such stickers in the proper place on
each ticket before it is given out to the voter.
54. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of
Elections of each county and of the City of Baltimore to
provide ballots for every election for public officers held under
this Article in which any voters within the county or said
city shall participate, and cause to be printed on the ballots
the name of every candidate whose name has been certified
to or filed with the proper officers in the manner herein pro-
vided by such political party organization or body of indi-
viduals, but the said Supervisors shall not be required to print
any name upon a ballot if such name shall not have been
certified to them at least ten days before election day.
Each ballot shall contain a statement of every constitutional
amendment or other question to be submitted to the vote of
the people at any election. Ballots other than those printed
by the respective boards of Supervisors of Elections, accord-
ing to the provisions of this Article, shall not be cast or
counted in any election except as hereinafter provided. Any
voter may take with him into the polling place any written or
printed memorandum or paper to assist him in marking or
preparing his ballot, except a fac simile of the ballot to be
voted. Ballots shall be printed and in possession of the Su-
pervisors of Elections at least four days before election day,
and a correct list of the names of the candidates thereon with
the designation of the offices for which the persons named
thereon are candidates shall be furnished on demand by the
Supervisors to the candidates or their authorized agents. If
any mistake be discovered, it shall be the duty of said Super-
visors to correct the same without delay, and if said Super-
visors shall decline or refuse to make correction, then upon the
sworn petition 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.
55. The form and arrangement of the ballots shall be as
follows: All ballots shall contain the name of every candi-
date whose nomination for any office specified in the ballot
has been certified to and filed according to the provisions of
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