984 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 799

to be, or continue as, a candidate, or if a vacancy occurs
from any other cause, the War Ballot Commission of Bal-
timore City, provided for in this sub-title, shall have
authority to determine whether to reprint said Ballots
with the name of any new candidate; provided, however,
that said Ballots shall not be reprinted if said new candi-
date is not certified to the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of such
election. If no new Ballots are printed, as herein provided,
the War Ballot Commission of Baltimore City shall, to the
greatest possible extent, give the Absentee Residents con-
cerned information as to the name of any such new can-
didate, and of the office for which he seeks to be nominated,
and the name of the candidate in whose place he is nomi-
nated. 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 candidate for that office but such vote
shall not invalidate the remainder of such ballot.

239-1. Upon receipt by the Board at any time prior to
the closing of the polls on election day of an Absentee
Ballot Envelope from an Absentee Resident, said Board
shall forthwith determine whether such Absentee Resident
is already registered as a voter. If such Absentee Resident
is registered, his Absentee Ballot shall be safely kept by
the Board and counted and canvassed at the proper time
as in this sub-title provided. If the Board shall determine
that such Absentee is not registered or if the Board is
unable to determine whether such Absentee Resident is or
is not registered, said Board shall accept the information,
set forth in his duly executed oath on the said Ballot
Envelope, as prima facie accurate and correct, and if such
information discloses that said Absentee Resident is (a)
citizen of the United States, (b) will be twenty-one years
or older on the day of the election for which said ballot
is offered, (c) has been a resident of Maryland for a year
preceding said election, (d) has been a resident for six (6)
months preceding the day of said election of the election
district or ward in which his residence in Baltimore City
is located, and (e) is not disqualified to vote by the com-
mission of crime, said Board shall register such Absentee
Resident, and shall then safely keep said absentee ballot
and count and canvass the same as provided in this sub-
title.

The signature of such Absentee Resident in subscribing
said oath shall be accepted in lieu of the customary signa-