MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(House Bill 382)

AN ACT concerning

Election Code - Preparation of Voting Machines

FOR the purpose of allowing representatives of political
parties to be present at the time and place for the
preparation of voting machines for use at any
election and to see that the machines are in proper
condition and order; requiring copies of certain
certificates to be furnished to these
representatives and to the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws; and correcting certain
language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 — Election Code

Section 16—9(b) and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 16-9(b) and (c) of Article 33 -
Election Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

16-9.

(b)    On or before the fifteenth day preceding an
election, the board shall mail to the chairman of the
city or county committee, as the case may be, of each
political party entitled under existing law to
participate in primary elections within [such] THE city
or county, a written notice stating the times when and
the place or places where the machines for use in the
several polling places in the city or county will be [so]
prepared for use as above provided. At such times and
places, one representative of each of [such] THE
political parties, certified by the respective chairmen
of the city or county committees of [such] THE parties
shall be entitled to be present and BE ENTITLED to see
that the machines are in proper condition and order for
use.

(c)    Each member of the board, the custodian and
deputy custodians thereof shall make and sign a
certificate in writing, and request each party
representative present at the preparation of the machine
to attest TO the same, which shall be filed with the
board stating (1) the identifying number or other
designation of the voting machines; (2) that each