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each Board shall have, possess and exercise all the authority,
powers and discretion conferred by law upon said Boards of
Registry, Judges of Election and Boards of Canvassers, respec-
tively. The Boards of Supervisors of Elections are hereby
granted the authority to appoint such numbers of temporary
Boards of Registry and such numbers of temporary Judges of
Elections as said Boards may deem necessary to adequately
and promptly carry out the provisions of this sub-title. Each
temporary Board of Registry shall consist of two members,
one of whom shall be registered as a member of the Demo-
cratic Party and one of whom shall be registered as a member
of the Republican Party, and each such Board of Registry is
hereby authorized to register Absentee Residents entitled
under this sub-title to registration in the manner specified in
this sub-title for a period of fifteen (15) days prior to election
day, on election day, and for such period of time after election
day as may be necessary to complete the registration of Absen-
tee Residents entitled to register under this sub-title. The tem-
porary Judges of Elections appointed under this section shall
be divided into groups of four, two of whom shall be registered
as members of the Democratic Party and two of whom shall
be registered as members of the Republican Party, and such
groups are hereby authorized to count and tabulate the ballots
of Absentee Residents cast at any election in the manner and
at the times specified in this sub-title. The duties of the
Boards of Registry and temporary Judges of Elections pro-
vided for in this section shall at all times be conducted under
the supervision and control of the respective Boards of Super-
visors of Elections, and, in case of any dispute as to either
the registration of an Absentee Resident or the counting of
his ballot in whole or in part, the Board having jurisdiction
shall determine such dispute, but unless such Board of Super-
visors unanimously decides that an Absentee Resident is not
entitled to register, such Absentee Resident shall be registered,
and unless such Board of Supervisors shall unanimously decide
that a ballot of any Absentee Resident shall not be counted,
said ballot shall be counted. Said temporary Boards of Regis-
try and temporary Election Judges herein provided for shall
with regard to registration and the counting and tabulation
of Absentee Ballots, respectively, have the same powers con-
ferred on the Boards of Supervisors of Elections by this sub-
title with regard to such matters, except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section. The compensation of the members of
said temporary Boards of Registry and said temporary Elec-
tion Judges shall be the same as that paid Election Judges
in the County or Baltimore City at the same election, as the
case may be, and such compensation shall be paid by the