Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                     1239

they have made comparison and ascertained such facts, they shall
announce the same in a loud voice.

(d)  Coupons. All the coupons taken from the ballots cast shall
be destroyed.

(e)  Canvass. The canvass shall not be adjourned or postponed
until it shall have been fully completed, or until the several state-
ments and tally sheets hereinafter required to be made by the judges
and clerks shall have been made out, signed and sealed by them. The
judges shall have the right to station police officers or officers of the
peace within the room wherein such canvass is made in order to keep
the peace. The challengers and watchers shall be allowed to be
present inside the guard-rail and sufficiently near so that they can
see that the judges and clerks are faithfully performing their duties.

113.   Counting Ballots. (a) Defective Ballots. The judges shall
open the ballot-box and count and announce the whole number of
ballots in the box. They shall reject any ballots which are inten-
tionally folded together and any ballots which do not have endorsed
thereon the name or initial of the judge who held the ballots. If
there shall be any mark on the ballot other than the cross mark
in a square opposite the name of a candidate as provided in Section
107, or other than the name or names of any candidate written
by the voter on the ballot, such ballot shall not be counted. Ballots
not counted for such defects shall be marked "Defective" on the
back thereof and shall be wrapped in a separate package and
returned in the ballot-box as hereinafter directed. No vote shall be
counted for any candidate opposite whose name no cross mark
shall be placed. No ballot shall be rejected solely because any part
or portion of the cross mark extends beyond the square, if the point
of intersection of the cross-mark is within the square. No ballot
shall be rejected solely because the voter has marked more names
than there are persons to be elected to an office, but such ballots
shall not be counted for any candidate in the group of names so
marked.

(b) Tallying Votes. The judges shall open the ballots, and all
of them shall be canvassed separately by one of the judges sitting
between two other judges, which judge shall call out each name and
the office for which it is designated, with the other judges looking
at the ballot at the same time and the clerks making tally of the
same. When all the ballots have been canvassed in this manner,
the election clerks shall compare their tallies together and ascertain
the total number of votes received by each candidate. When they
agree upon the numbers, one of them shall announce in a loud voice
to the judges the aggregate number of votes received by each candi-
date. If requested by any watcher or challenger present at any
canvass, it shall be the duty of the judges, and each of them, to
exhibit to such watcher or challenger any ballot cast, fully opened
or in such condition and manner that he may fully read and examine
the same; but the judges shall not allow any ballot to be taken from
their hands. As the ballots are counted they shall be strung upon
a strong twine.

114.   Proclamation of Results. (a) Procedure and Effect. When
the canvass of the ballots shall have been completed, and the clerks
shall have announced to the judges the total number of votes received