1524 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

(i) Have voting devices for separate candidates and ques-
tions, which shall be arranged in separate parallel rows or
columns, so that, at any primary election, one or more ad-
jacent rows or columns may be assigned to the candidates of
a party, and shall have parallel office columns or rows trans-
verse thereto;

(j) Have a counter, or other device, to be known as a "pub-
lic counter", the register of which is visible from the outside
of the machine, which shall show during any period of voting
the total number of voters who have operated the machine
during said period of voting;

(k) Have a protective counter, or other device, the register
of which cannot be reset, which shall record the cumulative
total number of movements of the operating mechanism;

(1) Be provided with a lock or locks, by means of which,
immediately after the polls are closed, or the operation of the
machine for an election is completed, all movement of the regis-
tering mechanism is absolutely prevented;

(m) Be provided with a screen, hood or curtain, which
shall conceal the actions of the voter while voting;

(n) Be constructed of material of good quality, in a neat
and workmanlike manner;

(o) When properly operated, register or record correctly
and accurately every vote cast;

(p) Be so constructed that a voter may readily learn the
method of operating it;

(q) Be safely transportable;

(r) Be so constructed and controlled that, during the
progress of voting, it shall preclude every person from seeing
or knowing the number of votes registered for any candidate,
and from tampering with any of the registering mechanism.

82. The form and arrangement of ballot-labels shall be in
accordance with the provisions as to ballots contained in Sec-
tion 58 of this Article except that:

(a) Said ballot-labels shall be printed in plain clear type
in black ink and, except in Primary Elections, upon clear white
material of such size and arrangement as to fit the construc-
tion of the machine; in Primary Elections said ballot-labels
may be printed upon clear material or material of different
colors, in the discretion of the Boards of Supervisors of
Elections.

(b) The ballot-label for each candidate or group of candi-
dates, nominated or seeking nominations by a political party
shall contain the name or designation of such political party;
provided, however, that such party name shall consist of one
word only. The ballot-labels shall be so arranged that exact
uniformity (so far as practicable) will prevail as to size and