ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 19

local board to [reprint] CHANGE the ballots with the correct names, the local board
shall take appropriate measures to notify the voters of:

(1) the change in [the ballot] CANDIDACY;

(2)     the procedure to be used by the voter to record the voter's vote; and

(3)     the procedure to be used by the local board to conduct the canvass.

(c) If a vacancy in candidacy is properly filled and certified to the appropriate
board within the time prescribed under this title and the voting system utilizes
[either a mechanical lever machine or] a direct recording electronic machine and the
State Administrator, in consultation with the election director of the local board,
determines that there is not sufficient time for the local board to [reprint]
REPROGRAM the ballots with the correct names, the local board immediately shall:

(1) have printed a sufficient quantity of stickers with the name of the
substitute candidate for the precincts in which that candidacy appears on the ballot;

and

(2) deliver the stickers to the appropriate local board personnel in the
affected precincts, along with instructions for affixing the stickers to the ballot posted
on the machine.

[9-106.

(a)     Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, on or after January 1,
2002, a county may not use mechanical lever voting machines to conduct elections.

(b)     Until January 1, 2002, if a county uses mechanical lever voting machines
to conduct elections, the members of the local board:

(1)     shall appoint a voting machine custodian and a deputy custodian;
and

(2)     may employ additional deputy custodians.

(c)     The voting machine custodian and deputy custodians shall have the duties,
and complete any training program, specified in regulations adopted by the State
Board.

(d)     The provisions of this section do not apply in a county until:

(1)     a uniform statewide voting system for voting in polling places is
selected and certified by the State Board under the provisions of § 9-101 of this
subtitle; and

(2)     the voting system is available for use by the voters in the county.]

16-304.

(a) In a polling place on election day, an election judge may not willfully and
knowingly:

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