1720                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 813

(1)  If after the expiration of the time allowed for filing of peti-
tions by this section, there are no more than two nominees for the
County Board of Education from each council district, respectively,
or four nominees at-large, respectively, said Board of Supervisors
of Elections shall certify said candidates as duly nominated candi-
dates for election for the respective Board of Education offices.
These names and the name of the position for which they are candi-
dates shall be omitted from the ballot required by subsection (2) of
this section (b).

(2)  If after the expiration of the time, as aforesaid, there are
more than two nominees for the County Board of Education from
each council district, respectively, or more than four nominees at-
large, respectively, said Board of Supervisors of Elections shall pro-
vide the means whereby all duly registered voters of Montgomery
County, irrespective of party affiliation, may vote for said nomi-
nees for the County Board of Education at a primary election to be
held at the time and place for holding the primary elections of the
political parties. In taking the ballot, voting machines shall be used,
provided, however, that if the number of candidates submitted for
vote at the primary elections is too large for the practical use of
voting machines, the said Board of Supervisors of Elections shall
supply paper ballots in the usual form for use in voting for such
offices. The two persons among those whose names are duly placed
on a primary election ballot as candidates for nomination to the
County Board of Education for any council district, who receive the
largest number of votes, and the four persons among those whose
names are duly placed on primary ballot as candidates for nomination
to the County Board of Education at-large, who receive the largest
number of votes at said primary election, shall be the duly nominated
candidates for election to the respective County Board of Education
offices. The Board of Canvassers for Montgomery County shall, upon
the completion of its canvass of voters at said primary election, deter-
mine who are the duly nominated candidates for election to the
respective Board of Education offices under the provisions of this
section and shall certify the same to the Board of Supervisors of
Elections of Montgomery County. Any person who has qualified
under this Section as a canddate CANDIDATE for nomination to
the County Board of Education, and who shall by virtue of the
provisions of this section, be required to run in a primary election,
may on or before thirty (30) SIXTY-FIVE (65) days preceding
the primary election as herein provided, in a writing signed by
him and acknowledged before an officer duly authorized to take
acknowledgments under the laws of Maryland, notify the Board of
Supervisors of Elections of Montgomery County that he desires to
withdraw as a candidate for such nomination. The petition of candi-
dacy as to any candidate so withdrawing shall, thereupon, be and be-
come void and the name of such candidate shall not be placed on the
ballot for such primary election. If the withdrawal of any candidate
reduces the nominees of any council district to two, or the nominees
at-large to four, then the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall
certify such remaining candidates as provided by subsection (b) (1)
of this Section. No person shall be certified as a candidate who is
subject to the authority of the Board of Education.

(c) Election.—The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Montgom-