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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Article contained shall prevent any voter from writing on his

ballot and marking in the proper place the name of any person

other than those already printed for whom he may desire

to vote for any office, and such vote shall be counted the same

as if the name of such person had been printed upon the ballot

and marked by the voter. Any voter may take with him into

the polling place any printed or written memorandum or paper

to assist him in making or preparing his ballot, except a fac-

simile of the ballot to be voted. Ballots shall be printed and

in possession of the Supervisors of Elections at least four days

before election day, and shall be subject to the inspection of the

candidates and their agents. If any mistake be discovered, it

Supervisors to
correct error.

shall be the duty of said Supervisors to correct the same without

delay ; and if said Supervisors 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 ap-

proaching election, the Circuit Court for Frederick County may,

by order, require said Supervisors of Elections to correct such

error or to show cause why such error should not be corrected.

270RR. The form and arrangements of the ballot shall be

Form of ballot.

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

this Article, and not withdrawn in accordance herewith, and

shall contain no other names. The names of candidates nom-

inated by each party shall be grouped together upon each ballot,

and each group shall be headed by the name of the political

party by which the candidates comprised in said group were

placed in nomination, as described in the certificate of nomina-

tion; when the name of a political party is given in connection

with the name of a candidate nominated, as provided in Section

270HH of this Article, it shall be stated on the ballot; but if

there shall have been any nomination for the same office by a

convention or primary election, claiming the same party name

"Independ-
ent.

duly certified, as herein provided, the word "Independent"

shall precede the party name if the candidate is nominated under

the provisions of the said Section 270HH. If same party name

or emblem shall be claimed on behalf of nominations made by

more than one convention or primary election, and duly certi-

fied, as aforesaid, the officers by whom the ballot is to be pre-

pared, or a majority of them, shall determine which nominees

are justly entitled to the party designation or emblem, and the

word "Independent" shall precede the party name of the other

group or groups of nominees, and the emblem shall be omitted