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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 1995
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precinct register shall approve the voting authority card
and write his initials thereon. The number of voting
authority cards furnished to the judges shall exceed by
ten percent the number of registered voters in the
precinct. Each voting authority card shall be numbered
and dated, and they shall be handed to the applicants in
numerical order, as these applicants appear and offer to
vote.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 16-4(a-1) be and it is hereby added to Article 33
- Election Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) to read as
follows:
Article 33 - Election Code
16-4.
(A-1) THE FORM AND ARRANGEMENT OF ALL BALLOTS THAT
PART OF MACHINE BALLOTS INVOLVING CANDIDATES WHO HAVE
FILED CERTIFICATES OF CANDIDACY WITH THE STATE BOARD AND
STATEWIDE QUESTIONS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
16-4(b) and (c), 16-5(c), 16-9(b), and 16-11(b) of
Article 33 - Election Code, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
Article 33 — Election Code
16-4.
(b) Not less than [twenty-five] 25 days before any
election the form and arrangement of the MACHINE AND
PAPER ballots to be used in the election[;], showing the
offices, names of candidates, constitutional amendments
and questions thereon, shall be prepared by the board and
made available for inspection by any [candidate whose
name shall appear thereon or the official representative
of any political party having a candidate on the ballot]
REGISTERED VOTER. Following five days of public display,
[no court shall] A COURT MAY NOT entertain a suit or
grant injunctive relief to any party seeking to challenge
the form or arrangement of the ballots[.] OR THE WORDING
OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OR QUESTION ON A BALLOT.
IF THE BALLOT TITLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND
QUESTIONS ARE CERTIFIED PRIOR TO 25 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION, THEY SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY
ANY REGISTERED VOTER.
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(c) If any mistake is discovered, [it shall be the
duty of the board to] THE BOARD SHALL correct the same
without delay. If the board [shall decline or refuse]
DECLINES OR REFUSES to make the correction, then upon the
sworn petition of any qualified voter who would have the
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