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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1918
Volume 374, Page 272   View pdf image (33K)
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272 ELECTIONS. [ART. XXXIII
(e) The witness must be a commissioned officer.
(d) After marking and enclosing ballot in the "Ballot Envelope" and
sealing said envelope, you must fill out and sign "Voter's Certificate"
rn said envelope, and the witness must date and sign the "Witness' Cer-
tificate" on said envelope, adding his position or rank.
(e) It is desirable that the "Ballot Envelope" should contain nothing
but the ballot.
(f) Enclose the "Ballot Envelope" in "Return Envelope," seal the
"Return Envelope," affix the proper amount of postage and then mail
same.
(g) The ballot may be marked and mailed any time after you receive
it; provided it be marked on or before election day, and mailed in time
to arrive at its destination not more than 7 days after election day.
If not there by such time, it will not be counted.
To the above directions should be added all such further directions
as the Supervisors of Elections shall deem necessary in order to prop-
erly inform the voter of the correct manner to mark and fold the ballot
and to comply with the provisions of this sub-title.
1918, ch. 78, sec. 224.
224. The Supervisors of Elections of the Counties and of Baltimore
City shall have the ballots printed for each election as soon as possible
after they have received the certificates of nominations or candidates
for nominations in compliance with the election laws. The Supervisors
of Elections shall also have the envelopes and cards of instructions
printed in time to be sent out with the ballots, and shall begin mailing
ballots to applicants immediately after the ballots, envelopes and cards
of instructions have been printed.
1918, ch. 78, sec. 225.
225. The Secretary of State shall open all return envelopes deliv-
ered to him not more than seven days after the date of the election day
written thereon, shall withdraw therefrom the ballot envelopes and shall
transmit such ballot envelopes unopened, unmarked and unchanged in
any way in packages sealed by him to the respective Supervisors of
Elections from whom the return envelopes shall appear to have been
sent to the absent voter whose name appears upon the ballot envelope.
All envelopes received by the Secretary of State more than seven days
after the date of any election shall be preserved by him for 60 days, and
then destroyed unless ordered to be longer kept by some court having
competent jurisdiction.
1918. ch. 78, sec. 226.
226. On the tenth day after each election not counting the date of
said election, the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City and of the
several counties shall meet at the hour of 12 o'clock noon at the usual
place for holding the Circuit Court for the county or in Baltimore City


 
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