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(p) Be so constructed that a voter may readily learn the method
of operating it;

(q) Be safely transportable;

(r) Be so constructed and controlled that, during the progress
of voting, it shall preclude every person from seeing or knowing the
number of votes registered for any candidate, and from tampering
with any of the registering mechanism.

122. Ballot Labels. (a) Requirements. The form and arrange-
ment of ballot-labels shall be in accordance with the provisions as
to ballots contained in Section 94 of this Article except that:

(b)  Type; Color. Said ballot-labels shall be printed in plain clear
type in black ink and, except in primary elections, upon clear white
materials, of such size and arrangement as to fit the construction
of the machine. For primary elections said ballot-labels may be
printed upon clear material or material of different colors, in the
discretion of the Boards of Supervisors of Elections.

(c)  Party Designations; Candidates. The ballot-label for each
candidate or group of candidates nominated or seeking nomination
by a political party shall contain the name or designation of such
political party; provided, however, that such party name shall con-
sist of one word only. The ballot-labels shall be so arranged that
exact uniformity (so far as practicable) will prevail as to size and
face of printing of all candidates' names and party designations.

(d)  Titles of Offices. The titles of offices may be arranged hori-
zontally or vertically, with the names of candidates for an office
arranged longitudinally under or transversely opposite the title of
his office. In Baltimore City the titles of offices shall be so arranged
that (1) there shall first appear those titles of offices for which the
voters of the entire State or of an entire Congressional district may
vote, (2) there shall next appear the titles of offices in the General
Assembly of Maryland, and (3) there shall next appear the titles of
offices for which the voters of Baltimore City may vote, including,
but not limited to, the offices of Sheriff, Register of Wills, State's
Attorney, City Surveyor, Judges of the Orphans' Court and Clerks of
the several courts comprising the Supreme Bench of said City. In
a general election in Baltimore County the names of all candidates
nominated shall appear in adjacent rows or columns containing
generally the names of candidates nominated listed alphabetically,
under the office for which nominated and irrespective of party
affiliation.

(e)  Party Names Grouped. The names of all candidates of a
political party shall appear in adjacent rows or columns containing
generally the names of candidates nominated by such party. In
primary elections the ballot-labels containing the names of candi-
dates seeking nomination by a particular party shall be segregated
on the face of the machine in adjacent rows or columns by parties.

(f)  Questions to be Voted Upon. Questions to be voted upon, in-
cluding Constitutional amendments, referenda and other proposi-
tions, shall appear on the ballot-labels in the same manner as such
questions appear upon the paper ballots, except that they may ap-
pear at the top or side of the ballot-labels. There shall be a condensed
statement of each question or proposition to be voted upon, conform-