2152                                      Vetoes

May 26, 1970.

Honorable Thomas Hunter Lowe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Con-
stitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 291.

This bill makes certain technical corrections in a portion of the
Maryland Election Code. Most of the corrections are to rectify typo-
graphical errors made by the printer of the Code. These errors will
be corrected in the reprinting of the Code this year.

One of the typographical errors corrected by House Bill 291 in-
volves Article 33, Section 26-16 (a) (7), which requires the inclusion
of the address of the authority responsible for publication or distri-
bution of campaign literature. The 1970 Session of the General As-
sembly enacted Senate Bill 592, which removed the requirement for
addresses to be placed on campaign literature. This was an emer-
gency bill, and was signed by me on April 1,1970. It is my understand-
ing that many candidates have already acted in reliance on the pro-
visions of Senate Bill 592, and have printed campaign literature with-
out the addresses of the authority placed thereon. If I were to sign
House Bill 291, this might have the effect of re-enacting the provision
which would require addresses on campaign literature, and could cre-
ate substantial hardships and inequities.

The State Administrator of Election Laws has requested that
House Bill 291 be vetoed, and I am attaching a copy of his request to
this message, which request is to be considered a part of this message.

For the reasons given in the Administrator's letter and the rea-
sons set forth above, I believe that House Bill 291 must be vetoed.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel,

Governor.

Letter from Board of Election Laws on House Bill 291

May 8, 1970.

The Honorable Marvin Mandel
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Governor:

This is to urge you to veto House Bill No. 291, amending the elec-
tion code laws of the State, to make corrections in the language and
references thereof.

The corrections, for the most part, were typographical errors
by the printer of the code and will be corrected in the reprinting of
the election laws this year.

The amendment to Section 12-2(a) (2) was corrected by House
Bill No. 22 which you signed on April 15, 1970, Chapter 103, effective
June 1, 1970.