MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1245

(d) An appeal may be taken from any ruling of such
court to the Court of SPECIAL Appeals [of Maryland].
Any such appeal shall be taken within five days from the
date of the decision complained of and the appeal shall
be heard and decided by the Court of SPECIAL Appeals as
soon after the transmission of the record as practicable.

17-7.

(b) The practice in such cases shall be as in
mandamus proceedings, and the court shall determine the
time for the speedy hearing thereof, in its discretion;
and for the purpose of service of papers and other
proceedings the board of canvassers, as organized and
existing at the time of making the original canvass,
shall be deemed a continuing board. There shall be the
same right of appeal as in other mandamus cases, but such
appeal shall be taken within five days from the date of
the decision complained of, and shall be heard and
decided by the Court of SPECIAL Appeals as soon after the
transmission of the record as possible. The testimony
taken in such cases shall be sent to the Court of SPECIAL
Appeals as part of the record.

19-3.

Each judge of the circuit court and of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City may adopt such modes of
proceeding and adjudging costs in cases of contested
elections as to him shall seem most satisfactory, but the
rules of taking testimony in such cases shall be the same
as those which regulate the taking of testimony in
contested election cases cognizable by the House of
Delegates. Either party shall have a right of appeal to
the Court of SPECIAL Appeals, as in other cases, said
appeal to be taken within five days from the date of the
decision complained of. The appeal shall be heard and
decided by the Court of SPECIAL Appeals as soon after
transmission of the record as may be practicable, and the
testimony taken in such cases shall be sent up to the
Court of SPECIAL Appeals as part of the record.

27-10.

Contests concerning registration, voting or the
validity of any ballot under this subtitle shall be
decided by the board having jurisdiction of the matter.
No registration shall be denied and no ballot rejected
except by the unanimous vote of the entire board. Any
candidate or absentee voter aggrieved by any decision or
action of such board shall have the right of appeal to
the circuit court for the county or to the Superior Court
of Baltimore City, as the case may be, to review such
decision or action, and jurisdiction to hear and
determine such appeals is hereby conferred upon said
courts. Such appeals shall be taken by way of petition
filed with the appropriate court within five days from
the date of the completion of the official canvass by any