BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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SECTION 2 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 211

(Senate Bill 205)

AS ACT concerning

Elections - Board of Registry

FOR the purpose of repealing the authorization granted to
the principal Minority party member of the board of
supervisors of elections to remove the registrar
appointed by him; and clarifying the status of the
members of the board of registry.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 — Election Code

Section 3—10(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

3-10.

(a) [Each board shall appoint two registrars who shall
comprise the board of registry as provided for in § 2-6 of
this article except that one shall be appointed by the
member of the board who shall have been selected from the
principal minority party and shall be subject to removal by
such member of the board in his discretion but not by the
vote of a majority of the members of the board.] THE
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FROM THE MAJORITY PARTY SHALL APPOINT
ONE REGISTRAR, AND THE MEMBER OF THE BOARD FROM THE
PRINCIPAL MINORITY PARTY SHALL APPOINT THE OTHER REGISTRAR.
THESE TWO REGISTRARS SHALL COMPRISE THE BOARD OF REGISTRY,
AND THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 64A AS
PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 2-6 OF THIS ARTICLE. Each board in
its discretion may also set up supplemental boards of
registry as from time to time may be deemed necessary to aid
and expedite the work of the board of registry; such
supplemental boards of registry shall consist of at least
two members, each of opposite political parties and shall be,