H.B. 50

VETOES

(10)   "Judge" means any person designated as a judge of election and shall
include book judges and machine attendants.

(11)   The "majority party" means the principal political party to which the
incumbent Governor belongs, if the incumbent Governor is a member of one of the two
principal political parties; if the incumbent Governor is not a member of one of the two
principal political parties, "majority party" means the principal political party whose
candidate for Governor received the highest number of votes at the last preceding general
election. The principal "minority party" means the other of the two principal political
parties. The "principal political parties" means the two parties whose candidates for
Governor received the highest and second highest number of votes at the last preceding
general election.

2-7.

(a) (1) Each board biennially shall appoint for each precinct, at least four [(4)]
judges. [An equal number of such judges shall be selected from the majority party and
the principal minority party in the State; and the board in making any such appointments
shall designate the persons intended by it to represent each such political party.] The
board may require the attendance BEFORE THE BOARD of [these] persons [before it]
APPOINTED AS JUDGES for examination with respect to their qualifications.

(2)     SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPHS (3) AND (4) OF TIBS SUBSECTION, THE
BOARD SHALL APPOINT A JUDGE WHO;

(I) BELONGS TO THE MAJORITY PARTY IN THE STATE;

(II) BELONGS TO THE PRINCIPAL MINORITY PARTY IN THE STATE;
OR

(III) HAS DECLINED TO AFFILIATE WITH A PARTY UNDER § 3-8 OF
THIS ARTICLE.

(3)     THE BOARD MAY NOT APPOINT A JUDGE WHO HAS DECLINED TO
AFFILIATE WITH A PARTY UNDER § 3-8 OF TIBS ARTICLE UNLESS THE BOARD HAS
FIRST MADE AN EFFORT TO APPOINT TO THAT POSITION A JUDGE WHO BELONGS TO
THE MAJORITY PARTY OR PRINCIPAL MINORITY PARTY.

(4)     FOR EACH PRECINCT:

(I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF TIBS
PARAGRAPH, THE NUMBER OF JUDGES SELECTED FROM THE MAJORITY PARTY
MUST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF JUDGES SELECTED FROM THE PRINCIPAL MINORITY
PARTY;

(II) IF THE BOARD APPOINTS ONE OR MORE JUDGES WHO HAVE
DECLINED TO AFFILIATE WITH A PARTY UNDER § 3-8 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE
NUMBER OF JUDGES SELECTED FROM THE MAJORITY PARTY MAY DIFFER FROM
THE NUMBER OF JUDGES SELECTED FROM THE PRINCIPAL MINORITY PARTY BY
ONE JUDGE;

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