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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 548

receive any new names, however, to be printed on the official
ballot, unless they are included in the papers provided by
said political parties, as aforesaid. The supervisors of elec-

Ballots to be
provided.

tion shall provide ballots for two political parties in pro-
portion to be hereafter decided upon; the tickets shall be
delivered to the judges of election, together with the ballot
boxes, books of registry, poll books, stationery and the
necessary blanks, in such manner as the supervisors shall
hereafter direct. The ballot boxes shall be locked with the
key in the lock and contain therein both sets of official
ballots, one package of said political party to go in each box,
together with such other election paraphernalia as the super-
visors may hereafter decide upon. The ballots shall be
printed without coupon and are to be indorsed on the back :
The official ballot of the primary election of Harford county
(the third Saturday in June, with the year it is held), and
shall bear the fac-simile of the signature of the president of
the board of supervisors of elections of Harford county. In
printing the tickets of the parties that may adopt what is
known as the Crawford county system, the names are to be
arranged so that the voter can indicate his choice of the
different candidates by marking out the names of those for
whom he does not desire to vote. The party or parties who
nominate by the county convention system shall have the
names of the delegates for which the voter does not care to

Grouped under
their
respective
heads.

cast his ballot can be marked out in the same manner as
provided above. The candidates for the different offices to
be filled shall be grouped under the respective heads. The
judges shall not count any ballots that do not bear the official
endorsement of the president of the board of supervisors of
elections of Harford county.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That in voting it shall be neces-
sary for the voter to give his name, and after it has been

Voter must
give his
name and
receive
ballot.

ascertained that he is registered or entitled to be registered
under the provisions of Section 6 of this Act he shall be
entitled to one ticket of the party to which he states he
belongs; the clerks of election shall immediately write the
said voter's name on the poll book, giving the same a con-
secutive number; the voter shall be allowed to take his
ticket to any convenient place, outside the enclosure if he
shall so select, and prepare the same in accordance with his
wishes, after which he shall again give his name to the