HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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[(i)] (J) (K) If any board receives from the same person
prior to the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots more than
one absentee ballot, it shall count, certify and canvass only the
absentee ballot contained in the ballot envelope on which the
voter's oath was first executed, and if the oath on two or more
of the ballot envelopes containing absentee ballots are dated the
same or if both are undated, none of the ballots received from
such person shall be counted.

27-10.

(A)  Contests concerning registration, voting or the
validity of any ballot under this subtitle shall be decided by
the board having jurisdiction of the matter.

(B)  No registration shall be denied and no ballot rejected
except by the unanimous vote of the entire board.

(C)  Any candidate or absentee voter aggrieved by any
decision or action of such board shall have the right of appeal
to the circuit court for the county to review such decision or
action, and jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeals is
hereby conferred upon said courts.

(D)  Such appeals shall be taken by way of petition filed
with the appropriate court within five days from the date of the
completion of the official canvass by any board of all the votes
cast at any election and shall be heard de novo and without a
jury by said Court as soon as possible.

(E)  There shall be a further right of appeal to the Court
of Special Appeals, provided such appeal shall be taken within
[forty-eight] 48 hours from the entry of the decision of the
lower court complained of, and all such appeals shall be heard
and decided on the original papers, including a typewritten
transcript of the testimony taken in such cases, by the Court of
Special Appeals, as soon as possible after the same have been
transmitted to [said] THAT Court.

(F)   [Said] THE original papers, including the testimony
shall be transmitted to the Court of Special Appeals within [five
(5)] 5 days from the taking of the appeal.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.