1226                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      CH. 615

primary election, as many different sets of official ballots shall be
printed and supplied by the board at each polling place as there are
parties participating in the primary, the ballot of each party to be a
different color. The names of all candidates, delegates to any conven-
tion, or for State or local central committee of the various parties
entitled to hold a primary election shall be included on the ballots.

(1)    The board shall cause to be printed and have in its possession
at least five (5) days before the election a number of ballots for any
general election equal to 110 per cent of a total number of voters
shown by the registry and for any primary election equal to 110 per
cent of the number of registered voters of the respective political
parties. The boards shall keep a record of the number of ballots
printed and shall preserve the same for at least six months after the
election for which it was made.

(2)    It shall be the duty of the board to have any surplus ballots
on the day of election in its charge or that of an officer designated
by it, and to supply such ballots to any judges who shall then make
requisition therefor in writing, stating that the first supply of ballots
has been exhausted or that for any cause the additional ballots are
needed. The judge shall give a receipt for all surplus ballots delivered
to them and a record of all such surplus ballots delivered to the judges
shall be kept by the board. Any ballots not used shall be returned to
the board.

(3)    All surplus ballots shall be destroyed within ten days after
the election, unless the destruction thereof is stayed by an order of
court pending a contest. The board shall certify the number of bal-
lots so destroyed to the clerk of the circuit court as soon as the ballots
are destroyed.

(k) The judges shall open the ballot boxes and count and an-
nounce the whole number of ballots in the boxes. They shall reject
any ballots which are intentially folded together and any ballots
which do not have endorsed thereon the name or initial of the judge
who held the ballots. If there shall be any mark on the ballot other
than the cross-mark in a square opposite the name of a candidate
as provided in subsection [(h)] (g) of this section, or other than the
name or names of any candidate written by the voter on the ballot,
such ballot shall not be counted. Ballots not counted for such defects
shall be marked "Defective" on the back thereof and shall be wrapped
in a separate package and returned in the ballot box as hereinafter
directed. No vote shall be counted for any candidate opposite whose
name no cross-mark is placed. No ballot shall be rejected solely be-
cause any part or portion of the cross-mark extends beyond the
square if the point of intersection of the cross-mark is within the
square. No ballot shall be rejected solely because the voter has
marked more names than there are persons to be elected to an office,
but such ballots shall not be counted for any candidate in the group
of names so marked.

(n) After the voting materials have been packed for return, as
set forth in subsection [(n)] (m) 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

(b-1).