872                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

but such ballots shall not be counted for any candidate in the group
of names so marked.

(m) The judges shall open the ballots, and all of them shall be
canvassed separately by one of the judges sitting between two other
judges, each of opposite political affiliation, 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 making tally of the
same. When all the ballots have been canvassed in this manner, the
election judges 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 candidate. 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 con-
dition 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.

(n) The procedure for packing voting materials for return shall
be as follows:

(1)    The "spoiled" and "not voted" ballots, as defined in sub-
section (i), shall be enclosed in a package to themselves and endorsed
"Spoiled and Not Voted"; the "rejected" and "defective" ballots, as
defined in said subsection and subsection (1), shall be enclosed in a
package to themselves and endorsed "Rejected and Defective." The
ballots cast and counted, as well as the two before-mentioned pack-
ages of "spoiled", "not voted", "rejected", and "defective" ballots,
shall be placed in the ballot box.

(2)    The ballot boxes shall then be sealed or locked and the key
removed, whereupon the judges of election shall all write their names
upon a strip of paper of sufficient length for the purposes specified in
this section. Said strip of paper shall then be pasted over the keyhole
of said ballot boxes and over the slit in the lid, in such manner that
the signatures shall extend across the place of the opening of the lid,
and so that when any box is opened it will tear the paper and destroy
the signatures, and so that if a key is inserted in the keyhole it will
tear the paper so pasted over the keyhole. Such paper shall be
securely fastened on the boxes with sealing wax or some other
adhesive material.

(o) After the voting materials have been packed for return, as
set forth in subsection (n) of this section, one of the judges, who
shall have been designated by the board, shall take charge of the
ballot boxes and their contents. The other judge, who shall also be
an officer of registration, shall receive and hold the key thereof, if
used, and the package of unused ballots sealed by the judges. One of
the judges shall then take into his possession the registry. Each of
the judges shall also take into his possession one of the statements of
the votes cast, sealed up in its envelope as aforesaid, and also one of
the tally sheets, sealed up in an envelope as aforesaid. The meeting
of the judges shall then be dissolved. The judge having possession
of the ballot boxes shall immediately deliver the same with the con-
tents to the board with the seal unbroken and shall take a receipt
therefor. At the same time the judges having possession of the key,