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delivered to the Board of Supervisors of Elections, to be filed
and safely kept in their office for the space of four months
counting from the second day after such election. Said original
statements of votes cast shall be evidence in any contest for
any of the offices for which there were candidates at such
election, or concerning the vote on any question submitted.

224H. All voting machines used in any primary, general
or special election in Montgomery County shall remain locked
and sealed thereafter for a period of thirty days next succeed-
ing such election, after which time such machines may be un-
sealed and made available for further use; provided, however,
that if said Board of Supervisors of Elections shall, within
thirty days from the date of any election, receive notice in writ-
ing of any contest over the result of said election, then said
Board shall within five days after receipt of such notice, and
in the presence of the principals involved in any such contest,
or their authorized attorneys or representatives, proceed to
unlock said machines for the purpose of permitting an exami-
nation of the dials thereof, and after allowing those present a
reasonable opportunity to inspect and make record of the
dial readings, the said voting machines shall forthwith be
unsealed and made available for use in any succeeding election.

224-1. Assistance in operating voting machines which may
be installed in Montgomery County shall be given to voters
only in accordance with the provisions of Section 76 of this
Article; provided, however, that if any qualified voter shall
make oath that he or she is unfamiliar with the operation of
such machines, the two Judges in charge of the machines, in
the presence of each other and without actually operating any
of the levers of such machines, shall instruct such voter with
regard to the method of operation, but shall not make any
inquiry of the voter as to the candidates for whom he or she
desires to vote; and after explaining the method of operation,
said Judges shall withdraw and thereafter such voter shall not
be permitted to register a vote until he or she has surrendered
the official voters' certificate issued as hereinabove provided.

224J. No voter in any polling place in Montgomery County
wherein voting machines may be installed shall have the right
to remain within the voting machine booth longer than two
minutes if there are other voters awaiting an opportunity to
register their votes; nor shall any voter occupy such voting
machine booth longer than seven minutes.

224K. In the event that the number of names or questions
submitted for vote at any election is too large for practicable
use of voting machines, then the Board of Supervisors of