MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            3591

any ballot contested by the teller for either side shall
be rejected or counted. The members of the board shall
sit for this purpose in the office of the board or in the
courtroom of the circuit court for the county, as the
case may be, every day, excepting Sunday, at least from 9
o'clock a.m. to 5 o'clock p.m., with one hour's
intermission for lunch, until the review, recount and
recanvass is completed.

14-1.

(e) EXCEPT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY [[WHEN THE USE OF
ELECTRONICALLY TABULATED PUNCHCARD BALLOTS IS AUTHORIZED
BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS
PURSUANT TO §16A-1 OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE STATE BOARD
SHALL HAVE APPROVED THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE EQUIPMENT, THE
[The] ]], FOR ANY ELECTION FOR WHICH THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 16A-1 OF THIS ARTICLE, HAS APPROVED THE USE OF
ELECTRONICALLY TABULATED PUNCHCARD BALLOTS AND HAS
APPROVED THE USE OF VOTING BOOTHS SUITABLE FOR SUCH
BALLOTS, THE board shall provide a sufficient number of
voting booths, equipped with tables or shelves, on which
voters may conveniently mark their ballots. Each voting
booth shall be at least three feet square and six feet
high, shall contain three sides with a door or curtain on
the fourth side, which door or curtain shall extend
within two feet of the floor and shall be so arranged
that it shall be impossible for anyone outside the voting
booth to observe a voter in the act of marking his
ballot. The number of voting booths shall be not less
than one for each one hundred voters qualified to vote at
such voting place. Each voting booth shall be kept
properly lighted and provided with all supplies and
conveniences necessary for marking ballots. The ballot
boxes and voting booths shall be arranged in plain view
of the judges, and the voting area shall be roped off in
such a way as to permit no more than three feet for the
entrance or exit of voters, and no person shall be
permitted to enter the voting area by any other route.

16-1.

(a) EXCEPT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY[[, WHEN THE USE OF
ELECTRONICALLY TABULATED PUNCHCARD BALLOTS IS AUTHORIZED
BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAW, THE
[THE] ]] FOR ANY ELECTION AT WHICH THE USE OF
ELECTRONICALLY TABULATED PUNCHCARD BALLOTS HAS BEEN
AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION
LAWS PURSUANT TO SECTION 16A-1 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE
[[BOARDS SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES IN
ALL ELECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE AND UNDER SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS THE
BOARDS MAY DEEM ADVISABLE OR NECESSARY. THE BOARDS MAY