304                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 119

thorized to administer oaths, may, at the request and in accordance
with the direction of the voter, mark the ballot, sign the name of the
voter on the line provided for the voter's signature, and complete the
oath on the face of the ballot envelope; and the following affidavit
shall be executed and enclosed in the Return Envelope—not in the
Ballot Envelope. No such Notary Public or other person authorized
to administer oaths 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 ques-
tion.

"State of............................................................,

County or City of...................................., to wit:

I hereby certify, that on this............................day of.........................

19............, before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public (or other officer

authorized to administer oaths) of the State of................................, in

and for the County or City of................................................, personally

appeared................................................, who made oath in due form of

(Name of Voter)

law that he is a qualified voter entitled to vote pursuant to Section
161B of Article S3 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and that he
is unable by reason of blindness or physical disability, without assist-
ance, to mark a ballot and sign the oath on the ballot envelope and
that he has instructed and authorized me to mark the ballot, sign the
name of the voter on the line provided for the voter's signature and
complete the oath on the face of the ballot envelope.

(Witness my hand and notarial seal or
state official capacity to administer oaths)

(Notary Public or other officer au-
thorized to administer oaths)

(If the above form is used, detach it, fill in the blanks, and enclose
in the Return Envelope.)"

16IF. (Registration of ballots). Upon receipt of an application
for an absentee ballot and the mailing to the qualified voter of an
absentee ballot the several Boards shall cause to be noted opposite
the voter's name where registration books are other than loose-leaf
type, the fact that the person is voting by absentee ballot and where
the loose-leaf system is used, the voter's record card in the precinct
binder shall be removed and placed in a separate binder to be retained
in the office of the Supervisors of Elections and marked "registered
absentee voters" and a marker placed in the regular precinct binder
with the voter's name and the fact that an absentee ballot has been
mailed and showing the date same was sent to the applicant voter,
and no such absentee voter shall vote or be allowed to vote at any
polling place.

161G. (Canvassing of ballots). Immediately after the completion
of the canvass of the votes cast at the regular voting places in this
State at any election, the several Boards shall meet at the usual place
for holding the Circuit Court for the county or at the usual offices of
the Supervisors of Elections and shall proceed to count, certify and
canvass the ballots contained in the Ballot Envelopes, received by