SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        841

(d) The police authorities for the respective counties and Balti-
more City shall detail such number of peace officers as may be
required to preserve order at the places of registration in the coun-
ties and Baltimore City.

3-11. Form of permanent registration.

(a)    The registration of voters shall be conducted on and after
June JULY 1, 1967 as herein provided on cards or loose-leaf pages.
When such cards or loose-leaf pages have been duly filled out, and both
the original and duplicate registration forms have been signed by
the applicant for registration and returned by the registrars or
other designated persons to the board, the said original and duplicate
form shall be filed in different filing cases or loose-leaf binders.
The original forms shall be arranged by precincts in alphabetical
order and shall constitute the precinct register for use in polling
places on election days. The duplicate forms shall be arranged for
the entire city or county, as the case may be, in alphabetical order,
and shall constitute the permanent office record of the board. The
registration records shall be open to public inspection under reason-
able regulations at all times when the office of the board is open
for the registration of voters except upon the special order of the
board. The registration records shall not be removed from the office
of the board except on the order of a court and except for temporary
removal solely for purposes of data processing, provided that in such
removal for data processing, one duplicate copy is always retained
in the office of the board.

(b)    The binders or filing cases containing the precinct registers
shall be securely locked and the keys safely kept by the board.
The cabinets containing the duplicate forms shall be securely
locked, and neither the binders nor the cabinets shall be unlocked
except by a clerk or other employee of the board upon its authori-
zation.

3-12. Registration forms and cards.

(a)    It shall be the duty of the boards to prescribe the style,
color, quality and dimensions of all forms, cards and records re-
quired for the continuous registration of voters as herein provided;
and to prescribe the requirements of the cabinets, binders and other
equipment needed for filing the original and duplicate registration
cards. No particular design or make shall be prescribed for such
cabinets, binders or other equipment. Such registration forms or
cards shall consist of an equal number of original cards or loose-
leaf pages of one color, and duplicate cards or loose-leaf pages of
another color, or a size adequate to contain the information required.
Provisions shall be made on said cards or loose-leaf pages for re-
cording the fact that registered voters have or have not voted at
each election; and space shall be provided for such recording for a
period of not less than twelve years. The fact of voting shall be
indicated by writing the letter "V" in the proper space. Provision
shall also be made on such cards or loose-leaf pages for showing
subsequent changes of address or party affiliation.

(b)    The cards or loose-leaf pages shall be in substantially the
following form and provisions shall also be made on the reverse side
of such cards or loose-leaf pages for showing subsequent changes of
address or party affiliation: