HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1531

in the matter of assistance in operating such machine shall
be made for or against any duly registered voter for any other
cause whatever. The voter shall state in his affidavit the
specific physical disability which requires him to receive assis-
tance, and the judges of election shall enter in writing on the
record of assisted voters: (1) the voter's name; and (2) the
specific physical disability which requires him to receive as-
sistance.

(c) If, however, any voter, after entering the voting machine
booth, and before the closing of such booth, shall ask for fur-
ther instructions concerning the matter of voting, then two of
the judges of opposite political parties shall give him such in-
structions, but no such judge shall, in any manner, request,
suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any such voter to vote
any particular ticket, or for any particular candidate, or for
or against any particular question. After giving such instruc-
tions, and before the voter closes the booth or votes, the judges
shall retire, and the voter shall forthwith vote.

88. (a) When the polls are closed, all qualified voters, who
are then waiting in line to vote shall be permitted by the judges
to do so. As soon as the polls are closed, and the last voter has
voted, the judges shall immediately lock and seal the operating
lever or mechanism of the machine so that the voting and
counting mechanism will be prevented from operation, and they
shall then sign a certificate stating: (1) that the machine has
been locked against voting and sealed; (2) the number of
voters, as shown on the public counters; (3) the number on the
seal which they have placed upon the machine; (4) the num-
ber registered on the protective counter or device; and (5)
the number or other designation of the voting machine, which
certificate shall be returned by the judges of election to the
officials authorized by law to receive the same. The judges
shall then compare the number of voters, as shown by the
counter of the machine, with the number of those who have
voted, as shown by the voting authority cards in Baltimore
City and the voter's certificates in the counties.

(b) The judges, in the presence of the watchers and all other
persons who may be lawfully within the polling place, shall
then make visible the registering counters, and, for that pur-
pose, shall unlock and open the doors, or other covering con-
cealing the same, giving full view of all the counter numbers.
The judges shall, under the scrutiny of the watchers, and in
the order of the offices as their titles are arranged on the ma-
chine, read and announce, in distinct tones, the designation or
designating number and letter on each counter for each candi-
date's name, the result as shown by the counter numbers,
and/or the designation or designating numbers and letters