[Adopted 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 114; amended in its entirety 8-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
Promptly following the citizens' meeting for nominations for elective office, the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall cause to be prepared a means for citizens' voting either by ballot or electronic means. If paper ballots are used, the number of ballots printed shall not be less than the total number of registered voters, which ballots shall list the names of the nominees in alphabetical order, together with a space for voters to vote for candidates not listed thereon. All said ballots shall be delivered to the Town Clerk and accounted for by him or her until the opening of the polls on the election day, at which time they shall be delivered to the Board of Supervisors of Elections. If an electronic voting device is used, the names of the nominees shall be listed in alphabetical order, with a means for the voters to vote for candidates not listed thereon. The Board shall cause to be prepared the total number of ballots and/or electronic ballots for each election and shall preserve said record for at least six months after the election for which it was prepared. All surplus ballots shall be destroyed by the Board within 10 days following the election, and the Board shall keep a record of the number of ballots so destroyed and preserve the same for at least six months after the election for which it was made.
A. 
Each candidate shall have the right to designate in writing one person at a time who is a registered voter of the Town to serve as a poll watcher on his or her behalf. A poll watcher may not be a candidate nor the spouse, ancestor, sibling or descendant of a candidate for office in the election.
B. 
Such watcher shall be entitled to be in the polling area in such a position as to enable him or her to see each person as he or she offers to vote. Poll watchers may not wear, inside the polling place, buttons, hats or any other article of clothing, or carry inside the polling place any signs or other article, with any campaign message or candidate's name on it.
C. 
Following the closing of the polls it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of Elections, upon request of any watcher, to exhibit any electronic tally sheet and/or ballot cast in such a manner that the same may be read and examined by a watcher, but said Board shall not permit the ballots to be taken from their hands. It shall be unlawful for any watcher to inquire or ascertain for what candidate or candidates any voter may intend to vote or has voted or to attempt to assist any person in the preparation of casting a vote, and any watcher attempting to do so may lawfully be ejected by the Board.
A. 
In addition to the other requirements for eligibility to vote in Town elections as set forth in the Town Charter, the Town Code or other applicable law, in order to be eligible to vote in the 2012 and 2014 Town elections, on or before the registration deadline for eligibility to vote in the 2012 presidential primary and the 2014 gubernatorial primary in the State of Maryland a voter must:
(1) 
Be registered to vote with the Board of Elections of either Frederick or Carroll County; or
(2) 
Be on the Town's supplemental voter registration list as set forth in Subsection C, below.
B. 
Except as set forth in Subsection A above with respect to the 2012 and 2014 Town elections, in addition to the other requirements for eligibility to vote in Town elections as set forth in the Town Charter, the Town Code or other applicable law, in order to be eligible to vote in Town elections, at least 28 days prior to the election a voter must:
(1) 
Be registered to vote with the Board of Elections of either Frederick or Carroll County; or
(2) 
Be on the Town's supplemental voter registration list as set forth in Subsection C, below.
C. 
In addition to registration for municipal elections as provided for by state law, the Town shall maintain a supplemental voter registration list. For that purpose, the Town Clerk may continuously register voters during the regular business hours at the Town offices. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, and with the exception of the 2012 and 2014 elections in which no supplemental registration shall take place beyond the registration deadline for eligibility to vote in the 2012 presidential primary and the 2014 gubernatorial primary in the State of Maryland as set forth in Subsection A above, no person may so register within 28 days prior to any scheduled Town election.
D. 
Persons shall be eligible for registration, provided that they meet the constitutional qualifications of a voter as provided for by state law, as now or hereafter in force, and reside within the Town limits.
E. 
The Board of Supervisors of Elections shall have supervision over supplemental registrations and shall be responsible for the preparation or approval of all forms for registration and the format of the supplemental registration list.
F. 
The Board of Supervisors of Elections shall have the duty of keeping the supplemental registration list current by removing therefrom the names of persons known to have died, to have moved outside of the Town limits or to have become constitutionally unqualified to vote. Said Board shall give notice of the removal of any voter, as required by state law.