HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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candidate for public or party office for which the voters of
the entire State or more than one county or legislative
district may vote, shall be identified by the county or city
in which said candidate resides. If there is a provision
for the election of delegates who are by law required to
live in a specific county and only a certain number of
delegates may be elected from that county, an elector may
not cast a vote for more than that number of candidates from
that specific county. The ballots shall be arranged so that
exact uniformity, to the extent practicable, will prevail as
to size and face of printing of all candidates' names and
party designation. The names of all candidates for judge of
the circuit courts for the several counties [or of the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City], and for a county board of
education and the names of incumbent judges of the Court of
Special Appeals or the Court of Appeals at an election for
continuance in office shall be placed on the ballots without
any party label or other distinguishing mark or location
which might directly or indirectly indicate the party
affiliation of the candidate or judge.

16-16.

(d) The return sheets shall be signed by each of the
judges. If any judge shall decline to sign such return, he
shall state his reason therefor in writing, and a copy
thereof signed by himself, shall be enclosed with such
return. Each of the return sheets shall be enclosed in an
envelope, along with a printed or photographic record of the
setting of the counter and the numbers registered thereon
from each mechanical voting machine which furnishes printed
or photographic records. The envelope shall then be sealed
and each of the judges shall write his name across the fold
of the envelope.

(1)  One of the envelopes shall be directed to
the clerk of the circuit court of the county for of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, as the case may be]; and

(2)  One to the county commissioners or county
council of the county or to the mayor of the City of
Baltimore, as the case may be; and

(3)  The envelope containing the general return
sheet, or tally sheet, shall be directed to the board.

17-5.

(a) On the second Thursday after any primary or
general election or, if the canvass is completed after this
time, within forty-eight hours after its completion, and as
soon as possible after any special primary or special
election, the board of canvassers shall transmit one of each
of the statements made by them, attested by the signature of
their chairman and secretary, to the Governor, to the State