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at each polling place, and as many ballot boxes shall be
used at each polling place as there are separate party nomi-
inations to be voted for; and to prevent voters belonging
to or acting with one political party from inadvertently or
intentionally casting their ballot for the candidates for nom-
ination or election as delegates to any nominating con-
vention of any other party, the ballots of the several parties
shall be printed upon paper of different colors; and until
after the next general registration, every person offering to
vote shall be required to state to which party he belongs,
and which party's candidate he intends to vote for at the
State, city or county election, and he shall be supplied only
with the official ballot prepared for the candidates of such
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Party
affiliation.
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party, excepting as hereinafter provided for Baltimore city.
As each voter's name shall be entered in the poll books
kept by the two clerks of election, there shall be entered
opposite his name the name of the party whose candidate
he votes for. The provisions, all and singular, of Sections
33 to 109 of this article, both inclusive, and the offenses
defined and the penalties and punishments prescribed
therefor in said sections shall be fully applicable in all
respects to the same persons, matters, acts and omis-
sions in connection with or pertaining to the primary
election held under this Article, sub-title "Primary Elec-
tions ;" and said sections are hereby made applicable to
all primary elections provided for and held hereunder; and
any judge, clerk or other officer of any primary election, or
any voter or other person who would be deemed guilty of any
offense against the general election law, or any provisions
thereof, in a general election, who is found guilty of the same
offense in any primary election, as herein provided for, shall
be deemed guilty of the same crime of which his offense is
made to consist by and under the general election law, and
particularly under the above mentioned section thereof, and
shall be liable to the same punishment or penalty as is pre-
scribed for such offense by the general election law or by any
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Penalties and
punishments
for violation
of law.
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of said sections thereof; provided, that none of the provi-
sions of this Act relating to the holding and conduct of pri-
mary elections shall be applicable to primary elections for
the nomination of congressional candidates in congressional
districts which are now or shall be composed partly of
counties and partly of portions of Baltimore city; nor
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