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Senate Bill No. 14

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.

(3)  In both primary and general elections, the
candidates of the majority party shall be placed in the
first rows or columns, the principal minority party shall be
in the succeeding rows or columns to be followed by other
parties in order of highest voter registration, and
thereafter independents.