3590

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 877

nomination of the new nominee shall not have been filed
with or certified to the board within the time period
prescribed by this article, thus being too late for the
name of the new nominee to be printed on the ballots in
any county or the City of Baltimore, as hereinafter
provided, the board shall at once cause to be printed a
sufficient number of stickers bearing the name of the
substitute nominee, and shall deliver the same in due
time to the judges for all those precincts wherein the
nominee may be voted for, and these judges shall affix
the stickers in the proper place on each ballot or ballot
label. [[IN THE CASE OF]] IF PUNCHCARD VOTING[[,]] HAS
BEEN AUTHORIZED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 16A-1 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE BOARD AT
ONCE SHALL [[MAKE]] CAUSE TO BE MADE RUBBER STAMPS
BEARING THE NAME OF THE SUBSTITUTE NOMINEE, AND SHALL
[[STAMP THE NAME OF THE]] [[SUBSTITUTE NOMINEE]] CAUSE
SUCH STAMP TO BE STAMPED IN THE PROPER PLACE ON EACH
BALLOT.

13-4.

(a) The board after receiving the petition shall
ascertain the votes recorded on the voting machines in
the manner provided in § 17—8 of this article; or, if
paper ballots were used, the board shall collect the
ballot boxes, returns, tally sheets and paraphernalia of
the election[.]; OR IF PUNCHCARD [[BALLOT]] BALLOTS WERE
USED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE BOARD SHALL COLLECT THE
PUNCHCARDS, PRINTOUTS AND PARAPHERNALIA OF THE ELECTION,
It shall proceed forthwith in a summary way without
answer, pleading or technicality and without requiring
any evidence to be taken or proof submitted, to recount
the ballots in those precincts named in the petition in
any county, city, legislative district, ward or other
political subdivision thereof, as the case may be.

(1)    The review, recount and recanvass of
voting machines shall be conducted by the board in the
manner provided in Section 17—4 of this article on the
days and within the hours provided in paragraph (2) of
this subsection.

(2)    The review, recount and recanvass of
paper ballots OR PUNCHCARD BALLOTS (FOR ANY ELECTION AT
WHICH THE USE OF SUCH BALLOTS HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF
ELECTION LAWS PURSUANT TO SECTION 16A-1 OF THIS ARTICLE)
shall be conducted with all possible expedition and
dispatch and in preference to all other business, under
such mode of procedure as the board shall prescribe by
means of tellers approved by them on the recommendation
of and with equal representation to the opposing
candidates. The board shall pass upon and decide whether