1138 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 563
CHAPTER 563.
(House Bill 879)

AN ACT to repeal Section 224G of Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Elections",
sub-title "Voting Machines", as enacted by Chapter 94 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland for the year
1937, and to re-enact said section with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 224G of Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Elections", sub-
title "Voting Machines", as said section was enacted by Chap-
ter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland for
the year 1937, be and said section is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

224G. (a) The papers, cards or strips, enclosed within the
ballot-frame or frames of any voting machine, and containing
the names of a candidate or candidates, and his, her or their
political party, or the statement of a question to be voted
upon, hereinafter referred to as ballot-labels, shall be printed
in black ink, and, except in Primary Elections, upon clear
white material, of such size as will fit the ballot frame, and
in plain clear type so as to be clearly readable by persons
with normal vision. In Primary Elections said papers, cards,
or strips may be printed upon clear material of different col-
ors, to be determined by the Board of Supervisors of Elections.

(b) If the construction of the machine shall require it, the
ballot-label for each candidate, group of candidates, or ques-
tion, to be voted on, shall bear the designating letter or num-
ber of the counter on the voting machine which will register
or record rotes therefor. Each question to be voted on shall
appear on the ballot-labels, in brief form, to be determined in
the same manner as are questions which appear upon paper
ballots, but said questions may appear at the top or side of
the ballot-label, the provisions of Section 64 of this Article to
the contrary notwithstanding.

(c) The ballot-label for each candidate or group of candi-
dates, nominated or seeking nomination by a political party,
shall contain the name or designation of the political party.

(d) The titles of offices may be arranged horizontally or
vertically with the names of candidates for an office arranged
transversely under or opposite the title of the office.

(e) The names of all candidates, nominated or seeking
nomination by a political party, shall appear in adjacent rows