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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 conventions
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 candidates for State offices, who
have duly qualified to have their names placed upon such ballot in the
same manner as provided in the sections of this article for county or
city offices, and after the name of each of such last named candidates
for State offices, there shall be provided on the ballots a number of
squares equal to the number of candidates for the particular office for
which he is a candidate of the political party represented by the ballot,
which squares shall be designated in their order from left to right
as "first choice," "second choice," and so on to the number of candidates
of such party for such office whose names appear upon such ballot, so
that each voter of each party may indicate his first, second, third, etc.,
choice or preference of each of said candidates by placing a cross-mark
in the appropriate squares after the name of each of said candidates,
such cross-mark 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 the State, respectively. No ballot cast at such primary
election which contains more than one cross-mark after the name of
any such candidate for such State offices shall be counted for such
candidate. Such ballots shall be counted and canvassed and the result
of the election announced and certified as provided in section 185 of
this article. In addition thereto the supervisors of elections in Balti-
more city and of the counties of the State shall issue to the delegates
elected to each State convention of such parties, a certificate of election,
which certificate shall also contain the result of such primary election
balloting as to the first, second, third, fourth, etc., choice or preference
of the voters of such party for the candidate so voted upon, and such
certificate shall be accepted as the credentials of such delegation in
such convention of such party and as the instructions of the voters of
such party in such county and legislative district of Baltimore city as
to how the votes of such delegation are to be cast. Such convention may
be called according to such party rules or usage at any time within
two weeks after such primary election has been held, and immediately
after such credentials have been received and the body has effected a
permanent organization it shall proceed to the nomination of its candi-
dates. The several delegations shall be required to cast and the chair-
man shall announce the vote according to such instructions so received
by the several delegations in the primaries so held in their respective
counties or legislative districts of Baltimore city and if the result of
such ballot in such convention shows that there has been no nomination
for such office by a majority vote of such convention, then and in that
event the candidate receiving the lowest vote for such office shall be
dropped from the balloting by the convention, and the delegation or