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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="9-206" title_number="9" title_name="Voting" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Ballots">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a heading shall be printed at the top of the ballot and shall contain, in the following order:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the words “Official Ballot”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the type of election, i.e., regular or special, primary or general, and any other information required to identify the election being held;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the date of the election;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the words “State of Maryland” and the name of the county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>in a primary election, the name of the political party or the words “nonpartisan ballot”, as applicable, for which the ballot or a portion of the ballot is to be used; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>if more than one ballot style will be used in the county in the election, the ballot style indicator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a voting machine ballot if the State Board determines there is insufficient space.</text>
  </level>
</section>
