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WHEREAS the Charter of the City of New Carrollton does not presently
contain any express provisions relating to absentee voting or to write-in
candidacies, and

WHEREAS the City Council of New Carrollton desires to provide procedures
to permit absentee voting and write-in candidacies, and in general to specify
procedures and regulations governing any aspects of municipal elections which may
be necessary to insure the orderly conduct of municipal elections.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the City Council of New Carrollton that
Section 7a of the Charter of the City of New Carrollton, entitled "Elections,"
subtitle "Conduct and Procedure." be amended as follows:

Section 7. Elections

a. Conduct and Procedure. All elections to fill the office of Mayor and/or
Councilman shall be on a non-partisan basis, shall be by secret ballot, and shall be
held on the first Monday in May of every year. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY
ADOPT BY ORDINANCE ANY PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS
CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHARTER AND WITH
THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND NECESSARY
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO PROVISIONS
FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDACIES. No
person shall be allowed to vote in any City election except those persons whose
names shall appear upon the City voter registration list. The Board of Elections
shall appoint as many judges and clerks, who shall themselves be registered voters
of the City, as may be required to conduct the election in such place as may be
designated by the Mayor. The polls shall be open from the hour of nine o'clock
a.m. to the hour of nine o'clock p.m., when they shall be closed, and no ballots
shall be cast after that time. The Board of Elections shall conduct such elections,
canvass the ballots and certify the results in the manner prescribed by the General
Election Laws of this State for State and County elections, except that the Board
of Elections shall within twenty-four hours after each election, deliver into the
hands of the Mayor one certificate or return of the result of the canvass of the
ballots as cast in the election, together with the tally sheet, and shall deliver
another certificate or return of the result of said canvass, together with the other
tally sheet into the hands of the Mayor Pro Tern. When paper ballots are used, the
Board of Elections shall deliver the ballot box containing the ballots, properly
sealed, to the Administrative Officer in person, who shall retain the same for six
months. The results of the elections shall be received by the Council from the
Mayor at the first regular meeting of the Council following the election. The
Council shall determine all cases arising from the results of the elections, except as
otherwise may be provided and any voter who feels he has been aggrieved by any
ruling as to the eligibility of his right to vote may file an appeal to the Circuit
Court for Prince George's County, Maryland, and the same shall be determined by
said Court. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all annual general
elections, and to any special election conducted as provided elsewhere in this
Charter.

ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW CARROLLTON THIS
TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1972.

William C. Rawlinson, Jr.
Chairman of the Council