HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 991

cratic 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 provided for in this section
shall at all times be conducted under the supervision and
control of the Board of Supervisors of Elections, and, in
case of any dispute as to either the registration of an Ab-
sentee Resident or the counting of his ballot in whole or
in part, the Board of Supervisors shall determine such
dispute, but unless the Board of Supervisors unanimously
decides that an Absentee Resident is not entitled to regis-
ter, such Absentee Resident shall be registered, and unless
the 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 Registry
and temporary Election Judges herein provided for shall,
with regard to registration and the counting and tabula-
tion of Absentee Ballots, respectively, have the same pow-
ers conferred on the Board of Supervisors of Elections by
this sub-title with regard to such matters, except as other-
wise provided in this section. The compensation of the
members of said temporary Boards of Registry and said
temporary Election Judges shall be the same as that paid
Election Judges in Baltimore City at the same election, and
such compensation shall be paid by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore.

239Q. An Absentee Resident otherwise qualified under
this sub-title to register as a voter in Maryland may be so
registered, any provision or restriction of Sections 63 to
68, both inclusive, of this Article, and any other provision
of law requiring a declaration of intention to the contrary
notwithstanding and said Sections 63 to 68 and any other
provision of law requiring a declaration of intention are
hereby declared inapplicable to all such Absentee Residents.
All Absentee Residents, properly registered under this sub-
title, shall, after their registration as in this sub-title pro-
vided, be entitled to vote either under this sub-title or in
person in the same manner and to the same extent as
may persons registered under the sections of this Article
comprising respectively the sub-titles "Registration" and
"Intermediate Registrations. "

239R. The provisions of this sub-title shall be construed
liberally in order to effectuate its purpose.

239S. Each application for an Absentee Ballot, which
is received by the Board less than five (5) days prior to