276 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 160
each voter's name shall be entered in the poll book kept by the
two clerks of election, there shall be entered opposite his name
the name of the party whose candidate or candidates he voted
for. If in Baltimore City or in any county more names are
marked for any office than there are persons to be voted for,
such ballots shall not be counted for such candidate or delegates,
or other persons to be voted for, as the case may be; but the
whole ballot shall not for that reason be rejected for candi-
dates for other offices or positions, if any.
195. If any person upon the day of such primary election,
or before the canvass of the votes is completed, shall conceal
or wilfully break or destroy any ballot-box used or intended
to be used at such primary election, or shall wilfully or fraud-
ulently conceal, secrete or remove any such ballot-box or the
book of registry or any of the ballots, stubs or coupons or other
paraphernalia provided for holding such primaries from the
custody of the judge or judges of primary election or other
proper person in charge thereof, or shall alter, deface, injure or
destroy or conceal any ballot which has been deposited in any
ballot-box at such primary election which has not been counted
and canvassed, or any poll list or book of registry used at such
primary election or any report, return, certificate or any evi-
dence in this sub-title required, or any person who shall print
or circulate as an official ballot one that is not official and com-
plete, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a
felony and shall for each and every such offense be punished by
imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one or more
than five years.
198. Whoever shall electioneer within one hundred feet
of any polling place of any such primary election in any
county or shall hand or deliver to any voter within one hun-
dred feet of the election booth or within the booth itself any
ballot marked or unmarked, except the unmarked ballot re-
quired by law to be handed the voter by the primary election
officials, or who shall place a distinguishing mark upon any
ballot delivered to for the use of any voter at such primary
election, or who shall endeavor to induce any voter within the
polling place to show how his ballot has been marked, or who
shall deliver to any voter for use in casting his ballot, or use
any ballot different from those provided for in this sub-title,
or who shall show the face of a marked ballot to any judge,
clerk, officer or other person inside of the polls before the
polls close, who shall induce, request, directly or indirectly
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