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CHAPTER 352
(Senate Bill 509)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 1A-1 (e),
2-11 (a) (2), 2-11 (b) (1), 2-11 (b) (2), 3-12 (a), 3-22 (a), 4A-6
(b), 8-5 (a), 15-3 (a), 16-3 (b) (3), 16-4 (b), 16-5 (a), 16-5 (b),
16-5 (c), 16-5 (e), 16-6 (a), 16-6 (b), 16-11 (d), 16-11 (h), 17-5
(a), 17-5 (e), 17-8, 18-2 (b), 23-1 (a), 26-4 (b), 26-9 (b), 26-11
(a), 26-11 (c), 26-13 (a) and 26-18 (d) of Article 33 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Election
Code," subtitles "State Administrative Board of Election Laws,"
"Election Board and Employees," "Registration of Voters—How
and By Whom Conducted," "Certificate of Candidacy," "Nomina-
tion by Petition," "Party Governing Bodies," "General Provisions
for Voting," "Voting Machines," "Board of Canvassers," "Ques-
tions," "Fair Election Practices"; and to add new Section 2-9 (e)
to follow immediately after Section 2-9 (d) and add new
Section 26-11 (e), to follow immediately after Section 26-11 (d)
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Election Code," subtitles "Election Boards
and Employees," and "Fair Election Practices"; to repeal and to
enact in lieu thereof new Section 3-2 (a), to follow immediately
after Section 3-1, and new Section 3-2 (c), to follow immediately
after Section 3-2 (b), of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Election Code," sub-
title "Registration of Voters—General Provisions"; and to repeal
in their entirety Sections 2-11 (c) and 17-5 (d) of Article 33 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume),
title "Election Code," subtitles "Election Boards and Employees"
and "Board of Canvassers"; providing for and granting additional
rule making powers to the State Administrative Board of Election

Laws over the various boards of supervisors of elections of the

State; GRANTING SUPERVISORY POWER TO THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS; regulating
the operating hours of the various boards of supervisors of elec-
tions of the State on the fifth Monday prior to any election and
during the calendar year; repealing the provision that the physical
requirements for places of registration be the same as for places
of polling; providing that local boards of supervisors of elections
may select places for registration of voters; prohibiting the use of
carbonized registration forms by voter registrars; providing for
advance costs to accompany request for lists of registered voters;
providing for the inclusion of the office of Lieutenant Governor in
the Election Code; providing standards for the placing of adver-
tising by local boards of supervisors of elections; providing for
write-in votes for candidates not included on the official ballot;
regulating and limiting the time for court challenge of official
ballots after publication and display by the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws; providing for the order and positioning of
candidates, parties and constitutional amendments and other refer-
enda questions on the ballots; substituting the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws for the Secretary of State as the authority
to prepare condensed statements of constitutional amendments and
questions appearing on the ballot; providing for test votes on
repaired or disabled machines by machine custodians during the
course of an election under certain supervised conditions; changing