10                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                              [CH. 4

LAW. Public notice of the hours and days on which its office is open
shall be given by each board of supervisors of elections. Such notice
shall be published AT LEAST ONCE IN EACH WEEK BETWEEN
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND APRIL 28, 1967
AND SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED at least once in each
week the effective date of this Act and May 15, 1967. IN AT LEAST
TWO NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN EACH
COUNTY OR IN BALTIMORE CITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, OR
IN ONE NEWSPAPER IN ANY COUNTY IN WHICH THERE IS
ONLY ONE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION.

4.

At least once in each of the two weeks CALENDAR WEEK IM-
MEDIATELY following May 15, 1967, APRIL 28, 1967, UNTIL THE
DATE OF THE ELECTION, the board of supervisors of elections in
each county and in Baltimore City shall give public notice of the names
of all candidates for election as delegates from that county or from
Baltimore City and of the legislative district or subdistrict from which
they respectively seek election. Such notice shall be published in at
least two newspapers of general circulation in the EACH county or in
Baltimore City, AS THE CASE MAY BE, or in one newspaper in any
county in which there is only one newspaper of general circulation.

5.

At the office of the supervisors of elections in each county and in
Baltimore City at two o'clock P.M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time on
Tuesday, May 16, 1967, the names of all candidates for election as
delegates from that county, the legislative districts or subdistricts
thereof, or from the legislative districts of Baltimore City shall be
publicly drawn by lot by the chairman of such board of supervisors of
elections or some other person designated by him. The names of the

candidates shall be printed on the paper ballots or on the ballot

labels for voting machines without any party designation or other
description whatsoever, and shall be arranged on the ballots or voting

machines in the order in which the names have been drawn by lot.

THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES SHALL BE PRINTED ON
THE PAPER BALLOTS OR ON THE BALLOT LABELS FOR
VOTING MACHINES WITHOUT ANY PARTY DESIGNATION
OR OTHER DESCRIPTION WHATSOEVER, AND SHALL BE
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY ACCORDING TO THEIR
SURNAMES.

6.

The number of candidates in each county or district equal to the
number of delegates to be elected from such county or district who
receive the greatest number of votes in their respective districts shall
be the delegates to the Convention. As soon as the polls are closed,
the votes cast in the election shall be counted, canvassed and returned
by the judges and clerks of election as in other elections. Within ten
days after the election the Secretary of State shall convene a meeting
of the Board of State Canvassers, which Board shall from the certified
copies of the statements made by the boards of city and county can-
vassers make a statement of the number of votes cast in such elec-
tion for each candidate named in the statements. The Board shall