Frederick City Code Author:Frederick . Subtitle: Containing Public Local Laws of Maryland Relating to the City of Frederick and Ordinances of the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: Printed by King Brothers Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and ... more »there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Ibid., Sec. 270YY. 401. Each political party or other body of voters having a candidate or candidates duly nominated, shall have the right to designate and keep a challenger and watcher at each place of registration and election, who shall be assigned to such positions, near the judges of election, inside the registration or polling room, as to enable them to see each person as lie offers to register or vote, and they shall be protected in the discharge of their duty by the judges of election and the police, A certificate, signed by the candidates, or by the presiding officer of the chief managing committee of their party in the city shall be sufficient evidence of the right of such challenger and watcher to be present in the registration or polling room. In case any challenger or watcher does not produce such certificate, the judges of election shall recognize a challenger or watcher vouched for by the persons present belonging to such political party or by the judge representing such party. Such challenger and watcher shall have the right to remain in the polling room, outside the rail hereinafter mentioned, from the time the polls are opened until they are closed, and after that time he shall be permitted to remain within the rail until the returns are completed. The refusal to permit any such challenger so to remain shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment no...« less