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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

said candidate shall have been nominated; when a party name
is given in any nomination paper in connection with the name
of any nominee, it shall be stated in the ballot, but if there shall
have been a nomination by a party convention or lawful pri-
mary election, claiming the same party name for the same
office, duly certified, as provided in this article, the word
"Independent" shall precede the party name of the person or
persons nominated by nomination papers; if the same party
name shall be claimed on behalf of nominations made by more
than one convention or primary election, and duly certified
in print of form under the provisions of this article, the
officers by whom the ballot is to be prepared, or a majority
of them, shall designate which nominees are justly entitled
to the party designation, and the word "Independent" shall pre-
cede the party name with respect to the other nominees; there
shall be left below the list of candidate for each different
office, a blank space in which the voter may insert in writ-
ing or otherwise, the name of any person not printed on the
ballot, lor whom he may deem to vote as a candidate tor such
office; whenever a question is submitted to a vote of the peo-
ple, such question shall be printed upon the ballot after the
list of candidates, with the words "for" or "against;" the
ballots shall be so printed as to give to each voter a clear
opportunity to designate by a cross mark (X) in a sufficient
margin at the right of the name of each candidate, and of
each submitted question, his choice of candidates and hi&
answer to the submitted question; and each voter shall be con-
sidered as having voted for such candidate or proposition
opposite to whose name, or to which he shall on the margin to
the right put a cross mark (X). The ballots shall be printed
with black ink on clear white paper; before being distributed,

How ballots
to be folded

the ballots shall be so folded in marked creases that the width
and length of the ballots when folded shall be uniform, and
of proper width to be placed without difficulty in the ballot
boxes provided by law; on the back and outside shall be
printed the words "Official Ballots For," followed by the
designation of the polling place for which it is prepared, the
date of the election, and a fac-simile of the signature of the
president or presiding officer of the board of supervisors of
election by whom the ballot has been prepared.

Withdrawals

270 U. Any person whose name has been presented as a
candidate for any office, may cause his name to be withdrawn
from nomination by request in writing, signed by him and
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledg-