FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

79

161 J. Every voter shall deliver to the judges of election

in the ward in which he offers to vote, one official ballot to be

Voters

furnished to him in the manner stated in section one hundred

and sixty-one of this article, and the ballot so delivered to

and received by the judges of election, shall be deposited in

the ballot-box until the polls be closed, subject to the limi-

tation hereinafter stated ; one accredited representation or,

Challenger

challenger of each and every political party whose candidates

are voted for at each election, to be designated in writing

by such candidates, and in case of his necessary absence a

substitute similarly selected shall be entitled to be admitted

into and remain in the polling-room from the opening until

the close of the election, and until the vote has been counted

and the result ascertained, and a refusal to permit any such

representation shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine

not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not

exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment in,

the discretion of the courts ; but no such accredited repre-

sentative or challenger can demand admittance for any

political party which cast less than one-fifth of all the votes

in the State at the last preceding general election ; the posi-

Position of

tion to be held by any challenger or representative shall be

Challenger

outside of the guard-rail ; the ballot box shall not be more

than six feet from said rail, inside the same ; it shall be

unlawful for said representatives to inquire or ascertain for

what candidate or candidates any voter may intend to vote,

or has voted, or to confer in the polling-room with any voter,

or to aid or assist him in the preparation of his ballot. Other

challengers may at the instance of the candidates be admitted

in the discretion of the judges of election.

161 K. If at any election hereafter held in the city of

Hagerstown, any person shall falsely impersonate any voter

and vote or attempt or offer to vote, in or upon the name of

Fraudu-

such voter, or shall vote or attempt to vote in or upon the

lent
Voting.

name of any other person, whether living or dead, or in or

upon any false, assumed or fictitious name, or in or upon

any name not his own, or shall knowingly, wilfully or

fraudulently vote more than once for any candidate for the

same office, except as authorized by law ; or shall vote or

attempt or offer to vote in any ward without being registered

therin as a legal voter ; or shall vote more than once, or vote

in more than one ward ; or, having once voted, shall vote, or

attempt or offer to vote again ; or shall knowingly, wilfully

or fraudulently do any unlawful act to secure for himself, or

for any other person, a right or opportunity to vote ; or shall

by force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery or reward,

or offer or promise thereof, or otherwise unlawfully, either

directly or indirectly, influence or attempt to influence any