18 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 2]

person, after whose name a cross-mark made with a black pencil
does net appear on the ballot when voted.

160K. Every candidate for the nomination for a State
office; that is to say, an office filled by the vote of all the regis-
tered voters of the State of Maryland, shall be nominated by
conventions, the delegates to which shall be elected in accord-
ance with the provisions of this article by the direct vote of
the registered voters belonging to the political party of which
the candidate is a member, and whose nomination for such office
he is seeking; the ballots in such cases shall contain the names
of the candidates for public office, delegates to party conven-
tions and managing bodies, executives or executive committee,
to be voted for as provided in the aforegoing sections, and in
addition thereto and in the same manner the names of all can-
didates for State offices, who have duly Qualified to have their
names placed upon such ballot in the manner provided by this
article.

In case there are only two candidates for any State office,
then the one receiving the highest vote in any county or legis-
lative district shall receive the vote of the delegates from such
county or legislative district in the State Convention, and the
result shall be so certified by the Supervisors of Elections as
hereinafter provided.

In case there are more than two candidates for any State
office, there shall be provided on the ballot two squares opposite
the name of each of said candidates, which shall be designated
from left to right as "First Choice" and "Second Choice",
respectively, so that each voter may indicate his first and second
choice or preference by placing a cross-mark in the appropriate
squares as aforesaid. Such cross-marks to be made in the same
manner as other cross-marks for voting at primary elections
under this article for Baltimore City and the several counties
of this State, respectively.

If the voter marks the same candidate for first choice and
also for second choice, then such ballot shall only be counted
for "First Choice" for said candidate and shall not be counted
at all for "Second Choice"; if for second choice only it shall be
counted for first choice.

The tally sheet for such candidates for State offices shall be
so arranged as to show plainly and distinctly how the individual
voters voting for any certain candidate (John Smith, for
instance), indicated their second choice or preference from
among the remaining candidates (for instance, James Robin-
son and Peter Brown), in the following form: .