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LAWS OF MARYLAND
[Ch. 877
BY LAW.
(7) THE TABULATING AND RECORDING OF VOTES BY
PRECINCT[[, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL VOTES CAST IN THE
COUNTY]] FOR OR AGAINST ANY CANDIDATE, CANDIDATES, OR
QUESTION.
SECTION 3, AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
36(b)(2) and (c) of Article 77 — Public Education, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and
1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
re—enacted, to read as follows;
36.
(b)
(2) If after the expiration of the time, as
aforesaid, there are more than two nominees for the
county Board of Education at large, respectively for each
member then to be elected, said board of supervisors of
elections shall provide the means whereby all duly
registered voters of Montgomery County, irrespective of
party affiliation, may vote for said nominees for the
county Board of Education at a primary election to be
held at the time and place for holding the primary
elections of the political parties. In talcing the
ballot, voting machines shall be used, EXCEPT 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 ARTICLE
33, SECTION 16A-1, OF THIS CODE; provided, however, that
if the number of candidates submitted for vote at the
primary elections is too large for the practical use of
voting machines, the said board of supervisors of
elections shall supply paper ballots in the usual form
for use in voting for such offices. The eight persons
among those whose names are duly placed on primary
ballots as candidates for nomination to the county Board
of Education at large in those years when elections shall
be held for four members at large to the county Board of
Education and six persons among those whose names are
duly placed on primary ballots as candidates for
nomination to the county Board of Education at large in
those years when elections shall be held for three
members at large to the county Board of Education, who
receive the largest number of votes at said primary
election, shall be the duly nominated candidates for
election to the respective county Board of Education
offices. The board of canvassers for Montgomery County
shall, upon the completion of its canvass of voters at
said primary election, determine who are the duly
nominated candidates for election to the respective Board
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