164 LAWS OF MARYLAND, [CH. 94

thereof for the offices of President and Vice-President, and
the corresponding counters or registering devices shall register
votes cast for said electors when thus voted for collectively,
but the machine stall be so prepared that it shall be possible
for the voter to indicate his choice of as many candidates for
the position of presidential elector as there are presidential
electors to be elected.

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(a) When the polls are closed, all qualified voters, who are
then waiting in line to vote, shall be permitted by the judges
to do so. As soon as the polls are closed, and the last voter
has voted, the judges shall immediately lock and seal the
operating lever or mechanism of the machine so that the voting
and counting mechanism will be prevented from operation,
and they shall then sign a certificate stating: (1) that the
machine has been locked against voting and sealed; (2) the
number of voters, as shown on the public counters; (3) the
number on the seal which they have placed upon the machine;
(4) the number registered on the protective counter or device;
and (5) the number or other designation of the voting ma-
chine, which certificate shall be returned by the judges of elec-
tion to the officials authorized by law to receive the same. The
judges shall then compare the number of voters, as shown by
the counter of the machine, with the number of those who
have voted, as shown by the applications filed, as provided by
Section 72 of this Article.

(b) The judges, in the presence of the watchers and all
other persons who may be lawfully within the polling-place,
shall then make visible the registering counters, and, for that
purpose, shall unlock and open the doors, or other covering
concealing the same, giving full view of all the counter num-
bers. The judges shall, under the scrutiny of the watchers,
and in the order of the offices as their titles are arranged on
the machine, read and announce, in distinct tones, the desig-
nation or designating number and letter on each counter for
each candidate's name, the result as shown by the counter
numbers, and/or the designation or designating numbers and
letters on each counter, and the results as shown by the
counter numbers for and against each question voted on. The
counters shall not be read consecutively along the party rows
or columns, but shall always be read along the office columns or
rows, completing the canvass for each office or question before
proceeding to the next. The vote as registered shall be entered
by the judges, in ink, on triplicate return sheets, and also on
a general return sheet and statement, all of which, after the
canvass is completed, shall be signed by the judges. The vote
for presidential electors shall be computed and returned as