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questions or referenda in that order. The county council, county
commissioners or the treasurer of the City of Baltimore shall desig-
nate the numerical order of local questions or referenda.

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(d) The machine shall remain locked against voting until the polls
are opened, and shall not be operated except by voters in voting.
Should it be necessary, in the opinion of a custodian making a repair
or adjustment to a machine in use while the polls are open, he shall
be authorized to test vote the same provided such is accomplished in
the presence of two election judges, one from the majority party and
one from the principal minority party. A written record of such
test vote shall be made as set forth in subsection (e) hereof and other-
wise in accordance with such regulations as a local board may
prescribe.

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(h) In primary elections, before a voter is admitted to the voting
machine, it shall be adjusted by the judge in charge thereof, so that
such voter shall only be able to vote for the candidates or offices of
that party with which he is affiliated.

17-5.

(a) On the second [Tuesday] Thursday after any primary or gen-
eral election or, if the canvass is completed after this time, within
forty-eight hours after its completion, and as soon as possible after
any special primary or special election, the board of canvassers shall
transmit the statements made by them, attested by the signature of
their chairman and secretary, to the clerk of the circuit court for
the county or to the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
as the case may be, who shall enter the same of record. The clerks
of the circuit courts for the counties and the clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City shall send a copy of these statements to the
State Administrative Board of Election Laws.

[(d) When the election reports required by law have been duly
filed, the clerk of the court shall issue and deliver to each person
having the highest number of votes for the several county and city
offices a certificate of election.]

(d) [(e)] The canvassing board shall also make a statement of
the whole number of votes given in each precinct and county or
city, with the names of the candidates and the number of votes given
for each in tabular form, and, if the same can be done without charge,
shall cause a copy of such statement to be forthwith published in one
or more of the newspapers printed in the counties or in the City
of Baltimore.

17-8.

Every voting machine used in any election shall remain locked
and sealed after said ten-day period for as much longer as may be
necessary or advisable because of any contest over the result of the
election; except that it may be opened and the data and figures
therein examined in the presence of the officer having the custody
of such machine upon the order of any court of competent jurisdic-
tion, or by direction of any legislative committee to investigate and