J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       335

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(a)  Any voter may file with the board of supervisors of elections
[,] or with the permanent board of registry [, or with any supple-
mental board of registry which the board of supervisors may ap-
point,} objections to the registration of any person whom such voter
has reason to believe is not eligible to vote, or a request for the
addition of any person whose name has been erroneously omitted or
dropped from the registration list of any precinct. Application for
the correction of any such precinct registration list or a challenge
of the right to vote of a person named on such list may be made by
any qualified voter of the county or city, as the case may be, at the
office of the Board of Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore City or
in the counties on or before the Tuesday [three] sixteen weeks pre-
ceding such election [, and in the counties five weeks preceding such
election]. Such applications or challenges shall be made on forms
provided by the board for that purpose. Thereon the voter shall state,
under oath and of his own personal knowledge, the reason for the
application or challenge. Thereafter the voter so applying or challeng-
ing shall be required to appear in person at the time of the hearing
on the application or challenge as provided for in subsection (b) of
this section and for wilful failure to so appear shall be subject to
the penalties provided for in Section 199 of this article.

(b)   In Baltimore City, two members of the Board of Supervisors
of opposite political parties, and in the respective counties the two
members of the permanent board of registry [of such supplemental
boards of registry, consisting each of two persons of opposite political
parties, as may be appointed, if deemed necessary, by the board of
supervisors], shall sit for the purpose of hearing applications for
changes in such registration lists, or challenges of the right to vote
on such lists. They shall meet on the Tuesday [two] fourteen weeks
before an election in Baltimore City, and [on the Tuesday four weeks
before an election] in the counties, at such hours as the board of
supervisors may designate. If all such applications or challenges be
not determined on that day, they shall sit during the same hours on
succeeding days until all cases are heard and decided. If it is not
possible to hear all such cases within [one week from the time when
such sessions shall commence] two days, the board of supervisors
may appoint one or more boards, each consisting of two members
of opposite political parties, to aid in hearing such applications or
challenges at a compensation fixed as provided in [Section 5]
Sections 5 and 6 of this article. Persons whose right to register has
been challenged and persons whose names are alleged to have been
erroneously omitted or dropped from the registration lists shall be
given written notice, sent by mail, addressed to the voter at the last
address given [in the registry and, in addition, a similar notice shall
be served on such voter by a member of the board, or one of the
judges in the precinct in which such voter is registered or by a police
officer, and, if such voter cannot be found at the address shown in
the registry, or otherwise found in such precinct where registered,
the notice shall be left at the address shown in the registry] on his
registration form. Any voter so notified may appear in person or by
counsel. At the request of either party, the board shall issue subpoenas
to witnesses to appear at such hearings, who shall be sworn and
examined. All cases shall be decided immediately after hearing. No
voter as to whom an application or a challenge has been made shall
be removed from the registration lists unless the application or