MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1453

for each unit of four hundred voters, and an additional
machine for every fractional part of such unit; in the
case of special elections, however, the board in its
discretion may determine the number of machines to be
furnished to each PRECINCT polling place. [[IN ANY EVENT,
AT LEAST TWO VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE FURNISHED TO EACH
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE IN ANY ELECTION.]]

16-5.

(a)    In [primary] ALL elections, the names of
candidates for every office shall be arranged
alphabetically on the ballots OF THEIR PARTY according to
their surnames, under the designation of the office[;
except that the names of candidates of each political
party for President and Vice—President shall be grouped
together, with the party name at the right of the
surnames under the designation "Electors for President
and Vice-president,11 and arranged alphabetically in the
order of the surnames of the presidential candidates.
The names of candidates of each political party for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall also be grouped
together]. THE NAME OF CANDIDATES OF EACH POLITICAL PARTY
FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL BE GROUPED
TOGETHER AND, IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SHALL BE ARRANGED
ALPHABETICALLY IN THE ORDER OF THE SURNAMES OF THE
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES. IN GENERAL ELECTIONS, THE NAMES
OF CANDIDATES OF EACH POLITICAL PARTY FOR PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENT SHALL BE GROUPED TOGETHER UNDER THE
DESIGNATION "ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT."
The use of nicknames, titles, degrees, or other
professional designations on the ballot is absolutely
prohibited.

16-5.

(b)    All candidates for the same office shall, as
far as possible, be placed in one column OR IN ONE ROM on
the ballots[; but when"). HOWEVER, ANOTHER COLUMN, ROW, OR
PUNCHCARD SIDE, AS APPROPRIATE, MAY BE USED FOR THE
PRINTING OF NAMES, IF (1) ON PAPER BALLOTS, the names to
be printed [on paper ballots] are over thirty—six[,]; (2)
on voting machines, [when] the required number of spaces
assigned to each party or office [are] IS exhausted[,];
or (3) on punchcard ballots, [when] the number of
candidates for an office exceeds the number of spaces
available on one side of a punchcard [ , another column or
punchcard side, as appropriate, may be used in or on
which names shall be printed]. [When] IF two or more
columns, ROWS, or punchcard sides are used for the names
of candidates for the same office, the same number of
names, so far as possible, shall be printed in each
column, IN EACH ROW, or on each punchcard side. The
initial letters of the given [or Christian] names of the