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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

name shall be claimed on behalf of nominations made by
more than one convention or primary election, and duly cer-

tified in point of form under the provisions of this article,

the officers by whom the ballot is to be prepared, or a

majority of them shall determine which nominees are justly

entitled to the party designation and the word "Independ-

ent " shall precede the party name with respect to the other

nominees ; then shall be left below the list of candidates for

each different office a blank space in which the voter may

insert in writing or otherwise the name of any person not

piinted on the ballot for whom he may desire to vote as a

a candidate for such office ; whenever a question is sub-

.

mitted to the vote of the people, such question shall be

printed upon the ballot after the list of candidates, with

the words "For" or "Against," the ballots shall be so

printed as to give to each voter a clear opportunity to desig-

nate by a cross mark (X) in a sufficient margin at the right of

the name of each candidate, and of each submitted question

his choice of candidates and his answer to the submitted

question, and each voter shall be considered as having voted

for such cand idate or proposition opposite to whose name or

to which he shall on the margin to the right put a cross

mark (X), the ballots shall be printed with black ink on

clear white paper ; before being distributed the ballots shall

How
Folded

be so folded in marked creases that the width and length of

the ballots when folded shall be uniform, and of proper

width to be placed without difficulty in the ballot boxes pro-

vided by law, on the back and outside shall be printed the

words "Official Ballot For," followed by the designation of

the following place for which it is prepared, the date of the

election, and a. fac-simile of the signature of the president

or presiding officer of the board of supervisors of elections

by whom the ballot has been prepared.

161 CC. Any person whose name has been presented as a

Candidate

candidate for any office may cause his name to be with-

may with-
draw.

drawn from nomination by request in writing, signed by him

him and acknowledged before an officer qualified to take

acknowledgments of deeds, filed with the said board of

supervisors, and no name so withdrawn shall be printed

upon the ballots.

161 DD. All ballots when presented shall be folded as

Ballots to

hereinbefore provided, and fastened together in convenient

be folded.

numbers in packages, blocks or books, in such a manner

that each ballot may be detached and removed separately,

a record of the number of ballots printed and furnished for

each polling-place shall be kept and preserved by the said

board of supervisors of election, said record shall be retained