HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              3489

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 594

(House Bill 8)

AN ACT concerning

Election Laws - Ballots

FOR the purpose of clarifying the law with respect to the
arrangement of names on ballots in certain elections;
specifying the arrangement of names on ballots in
certain elections; and generally relating to election
ballots.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 16-5(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 16-5(e-l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article 33 - Election Code

16-5.

(e) (1) The names of all candidates of a political

party shall appear on the ballots in adjacent rows or

columns containing generally the names of candidates
nominated by such party.

(2) In primary elections the names  of candidates

seeking nomination by a particular party shall  be segregated

on the voting machines] in adjacent rows or columns by
parties.