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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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during the voting and counting of the ballots, as provided in
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said Article 33. As many different sets of official ballots
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shall be printed and supplied at each polling place, and as many
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ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place as there are sep-
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arate party nominations to be voted for, and to prevent voters
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belonging to or acting with one political party from inad-
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vertently or intentionally casting their ballot for the candidates
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for nomination or election as delegates to any nominating con-
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vention of any other party, the ballots of the several parties
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shall be printed upon paper of different colors, and until after
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the next general registration, every person offering to vote,
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shall be required to state to which party he belongs, and which
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party's candidate he intends to vote for at the State, city or
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county election, and he shall be supplied only with the official
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ballot prepared for the candidates of such party, excepting as
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Party affilia-
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hereinafter provided for Baltimore City. As each voter's name
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tion.
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shall be entered in the poll books kept by the two clerks of
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election, there shall be entered opposite his name the name of
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the party whose candidates he votes for. The provisions, all
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and singular, of Sections 33 to 109 of this Article, both inclu-
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sive, and the offenses defined and the penalties and punishments
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prescribed therefor in said sections, shall be fully applicable
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in all respects to the same persons, matters, acts and omissions
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in connection with or pertaining to the primary election held
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under this Article, sub-title ''Primary Elections," and said sec-
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tions are hereby made applicable to all primary elections pro-
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vided for and held hereunder, and any judge, clerk or other
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officer of any primary election, or any voter or other person
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who would be deemed guilty of any offense against the general
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election law, or any provisions thereof, in a general election,
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who is found guilty of the same offense in any primary elec-
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tion, as herein provided for shall be deemed guilty of the same
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crime of which his offense is made to consist by and under the
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general election law, and particularly under the abovemen-
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tioned section thereof, and shall be liable to the same punish-
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Penalties and
punishments
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ment or penalty as is prescribed for such offense by the gen-
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for violation
of law.
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eral election law or by any of said sections thereof; provided,
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that none of the provisions of this Act relating to the holding
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and conduct of primary elections, shall be applicable to primary
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elections tor the nomination of Congressional candidates in
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Congressional districts, which are now or shall be composed
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partly of counties and partly of portions of Baltimore City;
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nor is the selection of delegates to the National Nominating
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Convention of any political party subject to the provisions
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hereof, nor is the selection of delegates to State, legislative or
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Congressional district conventions called for the purpose of
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