pon is detached there will be no trace of either the voter's name or number left on the ballot itself. (Art. 33, sec. 66.)

The willful neglect of any judge of election in charge of the ballots to put his initials on every ballot given out by him is punishable by imprisonment in jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than three (3) years, or by a fine of not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Art. 33, sec. 94.)

WHAT VOTER MUST DO WITH BALLOT.

After receiving his ballot the voter at once, without going outside the guard rail, proceeds alone to one of the booths or compartments and there prepares his ballot by marking it in the manner hereinafter mentioned. Not more than one voter shall be allowed to enter any one booth at the same time. He cannot stay in the booth more than seven minutes, provided any other voters are waiting to vote. Before leaving the voting booth the voter folds his ballot in the same way in which it was folded when he received it from the judges, and without displaying the marks thereon. The signature or initials of the judge from whom he received it, and the name and number written on the coupon will thus show, but nothing else. He forthwith hands his ballot to the judge at the ballotbox and gives his name and residence. (Art. 33, sec. 66.)

WHAT JUDGES ARE TO DO WHEN VOTER HANDS IN HIS BALLOT.

The judge in charge of the ballot-box must satisfy himself that the voter who tenders the ballot is the same man who receives it from the judges. When so satisfied, the judge in charge of the ballot-box detaches therefrom the coupon, and strings the coupon upon a cord or wire provided for the purpose and then deposits the ballot in the ballot-box. The judge at the ballot-box must make sure that each ballot handed to him has upon it the initials of the judge in charge of the ballots, for under the law, no ballot without such initials upon it can lawfully be deposited in the ballot-box.

Knowingly to put in the ballot-box any ballot without its having such initials upon it, or willfully to neglect to examine a ballot to find out whether it has or has not such initials upon it is an offense punishable by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than three (3) years, or by a fine of not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor more than one thousand ($1,000) dolars, or by both fine and imprisonment. 33, sec. 94.)

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When the ballot of a voter is deposited in the ballot-box the judges having charge of the registries, then in the column headed "Voted" in the same line with the name of the voter, write the word "Voted" or letter "V." (Art. 33, sec. 66.)

If there is no unused column headed "Voted" in the books of regis try for the elections in 1908 and 1909, either columns must be ruled at

such positions on the pages of the books of registry as the local Boards of Supervisors of Elections may direct, or columns must be ruled on slips of paper to be pasted on the different pages of the books of registry on which columns it may be designated whether the different voters vote at the elections of 1908 and 1909.

It is for the local Boards of Supervisors of Elections to determine the position on the respective pages where these additional columns shall be ruled, and whether they shall be ruled on the existing pages, or upon slips of paper attached to such pages.

JUDGES AND CLERKS MUST STRICTLY FOLLOW THE LAW.

It will be the duty of the judges and clerks of election strictly to conform themselves to the requirements of the law. It is not open to them nor to anyone to say that the provisions of the law in any respect are unimportant. All the details prescribed by law must be strictly followed.

WHAT VOTER MUST DO TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.

He must first make oath that he is unable to mark his ballot, either by reason of blindness or physical disability. (Art. 33, sec. 67.)

HOW ASSISTANCE IS TO BE GIVEN VOTERS.

(See instructions to clerks of election.)

SECTION VI.

SPOILED AND NOT VOTED BALLOTS.

WHAT TO BE DONE WHEN VOTER SPOILS HIS BALLOT.

If a voter spoils his ballot he may get another, after he returns the spoiled one, but not before. The same number is put upon the coupon of the new ballot as was on the old one. No voter can receive more than three ballots. If he spoils all three he loses his vote. A ballot returned to the judge holding the ballots by the voter as having been spoiled, must be at once cancelled by the judge by endorsing the word "spoiled" upon it. The spoiled ballots shall be preserved and returned to the Supervisors of Elections along with the unused ballots. (Art. 33, sec. 68.)

WHAT TO BE DONE WHEN VOTER. AFTER RECEIVING A BALLOT, DECIDES NOT TO VOTE IT.

When a voter receives his ballot and does not vote it he must deliver it to the judge from whom he received it before leaving the poll-room or outside the guard-rail, and such ballot so redelivered shall be treated as a spoiled ballot. (Art. 33. see. 63.)

OFFICIAL BALLOTS NOT ALLOWED OUTSIDE OF GUARD-RAIL.

The judges must be careful never to permit anyone, under any pretext whatever, to take oficial ballots outside of the guard-rail. (Art. 33, sec. 68.)

SECTION VII.

CHALLENGED VOTERS.

WHEN CHALLENGE TO BE DECIDED.

Whenever a voter is challenged he must be allowed to receive his bal

lot and mark it. When he hands his ballot to the judge, and not before, the question whether he is or is not entitled to vote must be decided. (Art. 33, sec. 68.)

HOW CHALLENGE DECIDED.

The challenger shall be required to state his reasons for the challenge. The voter challenged shall be sworn and questioned. If a majority of the judges are of the opinion that he is the person who was registered, his vote shall be received. The judges have nothing to do with the question whether he was or was not entitled to be registered. Under the Constitution of the State, the fact that he has registered is, so far as the judges of election are concerned, conclusive of his right to vote; their business is simply to satisfy themselves that the person offering to vote is the person who registered. (Art. 33, sec. 68.)

JUDGES IGNORING CHALLENGE PUNISHABLE.

When a voter is challenged the judges must swear him and examine him as above directed. A failure or refusal to do so is a punishable offense. (Art. 33, sec. 90.)

JUDGE MUST CHALLENGE VOTER HIMSELF IF HE KNOWS OR SUSPECTS HIM NOT TO BE THE PERSON HE CLAIMS TO BE.

If a judge knows or believes a person offering to vote not to be the person registered, he must challenge him himself, if no one else does. (Art. 33, sec. 90.)

MIS-SPELLING OF NAME, WRONG INITIALS, ETC., DO NOT DIS

FRANCHISE VOTER.

The fact that a voter's name is wrongly spelled on the registry, or that he has given a wrong initial or more initials than he has or that one or more than one of his initials are omitted, or that he states his initials or Christian name in a different way from the way in which it is registered, or that there is an error in the number of his residence on the registry, shall not, the law expressly declares, affect his right to vote, if a majority of the judges are satisfied that he is the man who did actually register, and that he intended to register his true name and residence. (Art. 33, sec. 68.)

MAJORITY OF JUDGES NECESSARY TO RECEIVE A CHALLENGED VOTE.

If a voter is challenged, his vote cannot be received unless a majority of the judges of election, that is to say, at least three, are satisfied that he has the right to vote Art. 33, sec. 68.)

WHAT TO BE DONE WITH REJECTED BALLOTS.

When a majority of the judges are not satisfied that a challenged voter is the person registered, his ballot must be rejected.

Whenever a ballot is rejected, the word "rejected" shall be written upon it by the judge at the ballot-box. The judge shall then return the same still folded, and with its coupon attached, to the judge holding the ballots. All ballots returned to the judge holding the ballots must be immediately strung by him upon a cord or wire, still folded, and with

the coupon attached, and each endorsed upon the back with the words "spoiled," "'rejected," or "not voted," as the case may be. All such ballots must be returned to the Supervisors of Elections, as hereinafter directed. (Art. 33, sec. 68.)

SECTION VIII.

CLOSING THE POLLS.

Hours of closing polls-Counties, 6. P. M.; Baltimore City, 5 P. M. (Art. 33, sec. 61.)

WHAT TO BE DONE BEFORE BALLOT-BOX IS OPENED. FIRST-CHALLENGERS AND WATCHERS PERMITTED TO COME BEHIND GUARD-RAIL.

When the hour for the closing of the polls arrives, the polls shall be closed, and the challengers permitted to come behind the guard-rail. (Art. 33, sec. 69.)

SECOND:-UNUSED BALLOTS SEALED UP.

Before the ballot-box is opened all the unused ballots must be sealed up and marked "unused ballots," and the signatures of the judges endorsed upon the package. (Art. 33, sec. 69.)

THIRD-COUPONS TAKEN OFF VOTED BALLOTS TO BE DESTROYED.

Before the bailot-box is opened, all coupons taken from the ballots cast shall be destroyed. You will perceive here that the coupons are not to be taken from the spoiled, rejected and not voted ballots. The coupons to be destroyed are the coupons which have been taken off the ballots which have been actually placed in the ballot-box. (Art. 33, sec. 69.)

FOURTH:-JUDGE SHALL WRITE "NO" ON REGISTRIES AFTER EACH NAME NOT VOTED.

Before the ballot-box is opened the judges shall write in ink on their registries opposite to and against the name of each person entered on their registry, who is not shown by such registry to have been voted, and under the column headed "Voted'' the word "No," so that the whole column may be filled up. (Art. 33, sec. 70.) FIFTHS-COMPARE REGISTRIES AND COUNT AND ANNOUNCE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO HAVE VOTED.

After the judges have filled up the column headed "Voted" as above directed, and before the ballot-box is opened, they must compare their registries and see that they agree, count the number of names of persons who have voted, and announce that number in a loud voice. (Art. 33, sec. 70.)

SECTION IX.

COUNTING THE BALLOTS.

Election officials should read the decision of the Court of Appeals relating to the counting of ballots in the following cases: 94 Md., Duvall v. Miller, and 96 Md., Coulehan v. White.

When the judges have completed all the above they are required to do, and not before, the ballot-box should be opened.

WHOLE NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN BOX TO BE FIRST COUNTED.

Before opening the ballots the whole number in the box must be first counted, and the number found therein proclaimed in a loud voice. (Art. 33, sec. 71.)

WHAT BALLOTS TO BE REJECTED.

Any ballots which are found deceitfully folded together shall be rejected, as must all non-official ballots found in the ballot-box. (Art. 33, sec. 71.)

WHAT TO BE DONE WITH BALLOTS WITHOUT ENDORSEMENT OF JUDGE

UPON THEM.

No ballot without the endorsement of the initials of the election judge, shall be delivered by the election judge to the voter, nor shall any ballot without such endorsement be received from any voter or be deposited in the ballot-box. If, however, any such endorsed ballots are discovered in the ballot-box when the same is opened, after the close of the polls, to count the ballots, they shall be counted as ballots for the purpose of ascertaining the number of ballots cast, and the judges of election shall mark on the back of such ballot the word "Counted', and endorse their names. (Art. 33, sec. 66.)

These unendorsed ballots, however, shall not be counted for any candi date in the count of the ballots. They shall be marked by the judges "Defective," and shall be enclosed in the package with other defective ballots. (Art. 33, sec. 71.)

HOW THE COUNTING OF BALLOTS IS TO BE DONE.

When counting the ballots, the judge who calls off the ballot must be seated between two others, so that they can see the names and marks upon the ballot. In counting the ballots, the law expressly requires that the name of every person voted for upon a ballot and the office for which the vote is given him, shall be called out. (Art. 33, sec. 71.)

And no vote shall be counted for any candidate opposite whose name no cross mark shall be placed.

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS.

The voter must make with an indelible pencil his cross mark (X) opposite the name of each candidate for whom he wish s to vote with the exception of candidates for the office of Presidential Elector. The voter may vote for Presidential Electors by making a cross mark (X) in the square opposite the name of each one of the persons (not more than 8 in number) for whom he wishes to vote. He may also vote for the 8 candidates for Presidential Elector of any political party by making his cross mark (X) in the square opposite the surnames of the candidates of the party of his choice for President and Vice-President. For example, a voter wishes to vote for the candidate of th Democratic party for Presidential Electors; he can do so by making a cross mark (X)