Ch. 11

LAWS OF MARYLAND

The stylistic errors occurred in Ch. 392 of the Acts
of 1967.

The stylistic errors were noted by the Michie Company.

16-16.

(d) The return sheets shall be signed by each of the
judges. If any judge shall decline to sign such return, he shall
state his reason therefor in writing, and a copy thereof signed
by himself[,] shall be enclosed with such return. Each of the
return sheets shall be enclosed in an envelope, along with a
printed or photographic record of the setting of the counter and
the numbers registered thereon from each mechanical voting
machine which furnishes printed or photographic records. The
envelope shall then be sealed and each of the judges shall write
his name across the fold of the envelope.

(1)  One of the envelopes shall be directed to the
clerk of the circuit court of the county; and

(2)  One to the county commissioners or county council
of the county or to the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, as the
case may be; and

(3)  The envelope containing the general return sheet,
or tally sheet, shall be directed to the board.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This deletes an extraneous comma in Article
33, § 16-16(d).

The extraneous comma was contained in Ch. 392 of the
Acts of 1967.

The extraneous comma was noted by the Michie Company.

16-18.

Notwithstanding § 14-1 OF THIS ARTICLE OR any other
provision of this [title or of § 14-1] ARTICLE pertaining to the
use of three return sheets, a local board may adopt a procedure
using a single general return sheet under the following
conditions:

(1)  At least 25 days before an election the local
board shall advise the State Board of its intention to utilize a
single general return sheet for each district, ward or precinct;
and

(2)  The members of the local board shall sign a
certification that every counter used in the election has been
canvassed and verified by the board; and

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