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1997
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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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POLITICAL PARTY, a written notice stating the times when
and the place or places where the machines for use in the
several polling places in the city or county will be
prepared for use as above provided. At such times and
places, one representative of each of the political
parties, certified by the respective chairmen of the city
or county committees of the parties, AND ONE
REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH CANDIDATE WHO IS NOT A CANDIDATE
OR NOMINEE OF A POLITICAL PARTY, shall be entitled to be
present and be entitled to see that the machines are in
proper condition and order for use.
16-11.
(b) The judges shall meet at their respective
polls on election day at least one—half hour before the
opening of the polls, and shall one-half hour before the
opening of the polls inspect the equipment furnished. If
at least two judges of opposite party affiliation are
present: (1) They shall open the envelope containing the
keys to each voting machine and shall, except in the case
of machines so constructed as to furnish a printed or
photographic record of the setting of the counters and
the numbers registered thereon by voting, unlock the
counter compartment to ascertain whether the tabulating
devices are all set at zero (000) , whether the numbered
seal on the operating lever is unbroken, and that the
number thereon is identical with the number certified on
the envelope containing the keys; (2) they shall also
compare the number appearing on the dials of the exposed
counter designed to register every consecutive operation
of the machine with the reading thereof noted on the
envelope containing the keys. If the machine is so
constructed as to furnish a printed or photographic
record of the setting of the vote-registering counters as
they appear prior to the opening of the polls the counter
compartment shall not be opened nor shall the counters be
exposed to view and the printed or photographic record
shall be examined in the same manner as provided in this
subsection for the examination of counters to ascertain
that all are set at zero (000). The judges shall also
inspect the face of every machine to make sure the proper
ballot labels are in proper places and that the machine
is otherwise ready for use[.]; (3) THEY SHALL INSPECT THE
PAPER ROLL FOR A LABEL OR LINE THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY
THE VOTING MACHINE CUSTODIAN AND INDICATES THE DATE OF
THE ELECTION. IF A LABEL OR LINE IS NOT VISIBLE, ONE OF
THE JUDGES SHALL DRAW A LINE, FROM SIDE TO SIDE, UPON THE
PAPER ROLL AND DATE IT WITH THE ELECTION DATE. ALL
JUDGES INSPECTING THE MACHINE SHALL PLACE THEIR INITIALS
ON THE LINE.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 16—12(d) and 16-16 (a) (3) be and they are hereby
added to Article 33 — Election Code, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1976 Replacement Volume and 1976
Supplement) to read as follows:
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