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oaths) of the State of...................................................., in and for the

County or City of............................................................, personally ap-
peared........................................................, who made oath in due form

(Name of Voter)

of law that he is a qualified voter entitled to vote pursuant to Section
235 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and that he is
unable by reason of blindness or physical disability, without assist-
ance, to mark a ballot and sign the oath on the ballot envelope and
that he has instructed and authorized me to mark the ballot, sign the
name of the voter on the line provided for the voter's signature and
complete the oath on the face of the ballot envelope.
(Witness my hand and notarial seal or
state official capacity to administer oaths)

(Notary Public or other officer
authorized to administer oaths)

(If the above form is used, detach it, fill in the blanks, and enclose
in the Return Envelope.)⁹⁹

239.   Registration of Ballots. Upon receipt of an application for
an absentee ballot and the mailing to the qualified voter of an absentee
ballot the several Boards shall cause to be noted opposite the voter's
name where registration books are other than loose-leaf type, the
fact that the person is voting by absentee ballot and where the loose-
leaf system is used, the voter's record card in the precinct binder
shall be removed and placed in a separate binder to be retained in the
office of the Supervisors of Elections and marked "Registered Ab-
sentee Voters" and a marker placed in the regular precinct binder
with the voter's name and the fact that an absentee ballot has been
mailed and showing the date same was sent to the applicant voter,
and no such absentee voter shall vote or be allowed to vote at any
polling place.

240.   Canvassing of Ballots. Immediately after the completion of
AT ANY TIME AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS AND
NOT LATER THAN the canvass of the votes cast at the regular vot-
ing places in this State at any election, the several Boards shall meet
at the usual place for holding the Circuit Court for the county or at
the usual offices of the Supervisors of Elections and shall proceed to
count, certify and canvass the ballots contained in the Ballot En-
velopes, received by them prior to the closing of the polls on election
day. All voters' applications, medical certificates, notarial affidavits,
ballot envelopes and ballots shall be kept separate and apart from
ballots cast at the regular voting places and retained for six (6)
months after the date of election at which they were cast, unless prior
to that time, the Board shall be ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction, to keep the same for any longer period. The several
Boards are hereby granted authority to appoint such numbers of
temporary judges of election as said Boards may deem necessary to
adequately and promptly carry out the provisions of this sub-title.

241.  Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this sub-title shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the dis-
cretion of the Court.