890                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

whenever such failure occurs, shall be the same as in the case of
machines not equipped with such mechanism.

(b) (1) When the canvass of all voting machines in the polling
place has been completed, the judges shall then prepare in ink, a
General Return Sheet (sometimes called a Tally Sheet) reporting
the vote registered on each machine, the vote cast for each candi-
date, the vote cast for and against each question, the number of
voters who have voted, as shown by the list of voters, and the num-
ber who have voted on each machine, as shown by the public coun-
ters, and also the number registered on the protective counter or
device on each machine immediately prior to the opening of the
polls and immediately after the closing thereof and the sealing of
the machine. The number or other designation of each machine
used shall also be entered thereon, whereupon a General Return
Sheet (sometimes called a Tally Sheet) shall be signed by all of the
judges.

(2)    In the case of primary elections, separate sets of Return
Sheets in triplicate may be prepared for each party, or the tabula-
tions for each party may be entered on one set of Return Sheets, in
triplicate, said choice of returns to be in the discretion of the board.

(3)    The registering counters of the voting machines shall re-
main exposed to view until the said returns and all other reports
have been fully completed.

(c)(l) The proclamation of the result of the votes cast shall
be announced distinctly and audibly by one of the judges, who shall
read the names of each candidate, the designation or designating
numbers and letters of his counters and the vote registered on each
counter, and also the vote cast for and against each question
submitted.

(2) During such proclamation ample opportunity shall be given
to any person lawfully present to compare the results so announced
with the counter dials of the machine, or the printed or photo-
graphic record thereof in the case of machines so constructed as to
furnish a printed or photographic record of the setting of the coun-
ters and the numbers registered thereon by voting which have fur-
nished the same, and any necessary corrections shall then and there
be made by the judges, after which the doors or other cover of the
voting machine shall be closed and locked.

(d) The Return Sheets shall be signed by each of the judges.
If any judge shall decline to sign such return, he shall state his
reason therefor in writing, and a copy thereof signed by himself,
shall be enclosed with such return. Each of the return sheets shall
be enclosed in an envelope, which shall then be sealed with sealing
wax, or other sealing material, and each of the judges shall write
his name across the fold of the envelope.

(1)    One of the duplicate Return Sheets shall be directed to the
clerk of the circuit court of the county or of the Superior Court of
Baltimore City, as the case may be; and

(2)    One to the county commissioners or county council of the
county or to the mayor of the City of Baltimore, as the case may be;
and

(3)    The General Return Sheet, or Tally Sheet, shall be directed
to the board.