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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

CLERKS OF ELECTION SHALL NOT HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE
ABSENTEE RESIDENT WHO MARKED A BALLOT HAD DIED BEFORE
ELECTION DAY, SAID BALLOT SHALL BE COUNTED AND THE FACT
THAT SAID ABSENTEE RESIDENT MAY LATER BE SHOWN TO HAVE
BEEN ACTUALLY DEAD ON ELECTION DAY SHALL NOT INVALIDATE
SAID BALLOT OR SAID ELECTION.

(V)    PLACING BALLOT IN BALLOT BOX AND ENTRY
IN REGISTRY; MORE THAN ONE BALLOT IN ENVELOPE; MARKING
BALLOTS. IF THE JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS DETERMINE
THAT THE PROVISIONS FOR FILLING OUT AND SIGNING THE OATH
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BALLOT ENVELOPE HAVE BEEN
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIED WITH AND THAT THE PERSON SIGNING
THE VOTER'S OATH IS ENTITLED TO VOTE UNDER THIS SECTION
IN ANY DISTRICT OF THE CITY, AND HAS NOT ALREADY VOTED
THEREIN ON ELECTION DAY, THEY SHALL OPEN THE BALLOT
ENVELOPE AND REMOVE THE BALLOT THEREFROM AND PLACE IT IN
A BALLOT BOX OR BALLOT BOXES PREPARED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
WHEN ANY BALLOT ENVELOPE IS OPENED, THE JUDGES AND CLERKS
OF ELECTION SHALL ENTER IN THE APPROPRIATE REGISTER THE
FACT THAT THE VOTER WHOSE NAME APPEARS THEREON HAS VOTED,
USING THE INITIALS "A.B." TO INDICATE THE VOTE HAS BEEN
BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. IF THERE BE MORE THAN ONE BALLOT IN
THE BALLOT ENVELOPE, ALL SHALL BE REJECTED. ABSENTEE
BALLOTS MAY BE MARKED BY ANY KIND OF PENCIL OR INK.

(VI)   MORE THAN ONE BALLOT RECEIVED FROM SAME
PERSON. IF THE JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTION RECEIVE
FROM THE SAME PERSON PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS ON
ELECTION DAY MORE THAN ONE ABSENTEE BALLOT, THEY SHALL
COUNT, CERTIFY AND CANVASS ONLY THE ABSENTEE BALLOT
CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT ENVELOPE WHICH THE VOTER FIRST
EXECUTED, AND IF TWO OR MORE OF THE BALLOT ENVELOPES
CONTAINING ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE DATED THE SAME, OR IF
BOTH ARE UNDATED, NONE OF THE BALLOTS RECEIVED FROM SUCH
PERSON SHALL BE COUNTED.

(10) PENALTIES. ANY PERSON WHO SHALL VIOLATE ANY
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL, UPON CONVICTION,
BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS, OR BE SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE
THAN THIRTY DAYS, OR BOTH, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE
COURT.

Section 73—3(v) Montgomery County Code; Section 74—5(v)
Prince George's County Code; Section 1.3(v) City Charter:

1.3(V) VACANCIES IN OFFICES OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL

IN CASE OF A VACANCY ON THE COUNCIL BY REASON OF
DEATH, RESIGNATION, REMOVAL FROM THE CITY, OR OTHERWISE,
THE COUNCIL SHALL ELECT SOME QUALIFIED PERSON TO FILL
SUCH VACANCY FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM. IN CASE OF A