14 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1

other name than his own, shall, upon conviction, be subject to
a fine of $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than two
years, or to both, in the discretion of the Court.

311. TIME OF CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES AND PRINTING
OF BALLOTS. The several Boards shall have printed Absentee
Ballots, in the form provided for in this sub-title, not less
than 90 days prior to the election of November 7, 1944, and
the names of the candidates who have been nominated prior
to August 6, 1944, for the various offices to be voted on at
said election shall be the only candidates' names placed upon
said Ballots. Said Supervisors shall also have the Envelopes
and instructions printed in time to be sent out with the said
Ballots and shall begin mailing the Ballots, Envelopes and
Instructions to Absentee Residents immediately after the same
have been printed. In cases of any other election that may
be held under this sub-title, said Ballots shall be printed not
less than 50 days prior to the date of said election and shall
contain only the names of those candidates nominated and
certified to the Secretary of State or other appropriate officials
at least sixty days prior to the date of such election. In the
event that any candidate whose name is printed on any
Absentee Ballot shall die or shall decline to be, or continue
as, a candidate, or if a vacancy occurs from any other cause,
the War Ballot Commission provided for in this sub-title
shall have authority to determine whether to reprint said
Ballots with the name of any new candidate; provided, how-
ever, that said Ballots shall not be reprinted if said new
candidate is not certified to the Secretary of State at least
50 days prior to the date of such election. If no new Ballots
are printed, as herein provided, the War Ballot Commission
shall, to the greatest possible extent, give to the Absentee
Residents concerned information as to the name of any such
new candidate, his party affiliation, the office which he seeks,
and the name of the candidate in whose place he is nominated.
In any such case, the Absentee Resident desiring to vote for
such new candidate may do so by writing in the name of such
candidate in the blank space to be provided in the Absentee
Ballot. Any Absentee Ballot voted for the person who has
ceased to be a candidate shall not be counted for any candi-
date for that office but such vote shall not invalidate the
remainder of such Ballot.

312. DISPOSITION OF RETURN ENVELOPES AND BALLOT ENVEL-
OPES BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. The Secretary of State shall
open all Return Envelopes, State and Federal, as soon as
received by him, shall withdraw therefrom the Ballot Envel-
opes and shall immediately transmit such Ballot Envelopes