154 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 94

(7) The words "protective counter" shall mean a counter
or protective device or devices that will register each time
the machine is operated, and shall be so constructed and so
connected that it cannot be reset, altered, or operated, except
by operating the machine;

(8) The words "voting machine booth" shall mean the en-
closure occupied by the voter when voting;

(9) The word "model" shall mean a mechanically operating
model of a portion of the face of the machine, illustrating the
manner of voting;

(10) The word "custodian" shall mean the person charged
with the duty of testing and preparing the voting machine for
the election, and instructing the election officers in the use
of the voting machine;

(11) The words "election" and "elections, " whenever used
in this Act, shall be held to include and mean all general,
municipal, primary and special elections.

224-F. Every voting machine acquired or used under the
provisions of this sub-title shall:

(a) Provide facilities for voting for such candidates as may
be nominated, and upon such questions as may be submitted;

(b) Permit each voter, in one operation, to vote for all the
candidates of one party for presidential electors;

(c) Permit each voter, at other than primary elections, to
vote a ticket selected from the nominees of any and all parties
and from independent nominations;

(d) Permit each voter to vote, at any election, for any
person and for any office for whom and for which he is law-
fully entitled to vote, and to vote for as many persons for an
office as he is entitled to vote for, including a substantial com-
pliance with the provisions of Section 203 of this Article, and
to vote for or against any question which appears upon a
ballot-label;

(e) Preclude each voter from voting for more persons for
any office than he is entitled to vote for, and from voting for
any candidate for the same office or upon any question more
than once;

(f) Be capable of adjustment by election officers, so as to
permit each voter at a primary election to vote only for the
candidates seeking nomination by the political party with
which he is affiliated, if he is affiliated with a political party,
and so as to preclude him from voting for the candidates seek-
ing nomination by any political party with which he is not
affiliated;