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CHAPTER 238.
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AN ACT to repeal sections 274 to 297 inclusive of article 4
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of the Code of Public Local Laws, title " City of Balti-
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more," sub-title "Primary Elections," and to enact in
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lieu thereof, the following sections to become sections 274
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to 278 inclusive of said article under said sub-title of
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Primary Elections.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Repeal
and re-en-
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Maryland, That sections 274 to 297 inclusive of article 4 of
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actment
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the Code of Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore,"
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sub-title " Primary Elections." be and the same are hereby
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repealed and the following sections be and hereby are
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enacted in lien thereof, to become sections 274 to 278, of
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said article 4, of the Public Local Laws, under the sub-title
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"Primary Elections."
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SEC. 274. That all primary elections hereafter to be held
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Primary
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in the city of Baltimore by any political party, which, at
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elections.
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the preceding general election, polled a sufficient percentage
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of the vote cast, to entitle it to have its candidates placed
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upon the official ballot by nominations made by primary
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elections, or by convention, shall be by ballot and at such
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time, in such manner, and subject to such rules and regula-
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tions as may be prescribed by the regulations, customs, and
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party usages of the political party holding such primary
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elections, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this
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article.
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SEC. 275. If any person, at any primary election of any
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political party, held hereafter in the city of Baltimore for
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Frandulent
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tthe purpose of selecting one or more candidates to be voted
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Voting.
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for by the people for public office, or for the purpose of
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selecting delegates to any convention of such political party,
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shall knowingly personate and vote or attempt to vote in
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the name of any other person, whether living, dead or ficti-
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tious, or vote or attempt to vote more than once at any such
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primary election, or knowingly and fraudulently vote, or
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attempt to voice at a place where he is not entitled to vote,
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or by force, threat, intimidation, bribery, reward or offer
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thereof, unlawfully prevent any person entitled to vote at
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such primary election, from freely exercising his right to vote
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