1224                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 615

7-1.

(b) A certificate of nomination containing the name of a candi-
date for office shall be filed as specified in Section [4-3] 4A-2 of this
article with such information as is required to be given in the certifi-
cate provided for in Section [4-2] 4A-1 of this article, with the addi-
tional statement that the persons signing the same intend to vote for
the person nominated thereby. Said petition shall be signed by not
less than three per centum (3%) of the registered voters who are
eligible to vote for the office for which such nomination by petition is
sought. The number of registered voters shall be determined as of
the January 1 next preceding the election at which such nomination
is sought. The petition for nomination shall be filed at least forty
days prior to the date set by law for the primary election.

8-5.

(a) At the time of giving the notice of election required by
Section [12] 2-10 of this article, each board shall cause to be pub-
lished by one insertion in two or more newspapers published within
each county, and in all the daily papers published in Baltimore City
which will publish the same at the current rate of commercial adver-
tising, the nominations to office which have been filed with or certi-
fied to them under the provisions of this article. If in any county
there be but one newspaper published, publication in such one news-
paper shall be sufficient. Such publication shall be made in news-
papers devoted to the dissemination of general news; and the two
newspapers selected, if possible, shall represent the political parties
which at the last preceding election cast the largest and next largest
number of votes. The list of nominations published by the board
shall be arranged, so far as practicable, in the order and form in
which they are to be printed upon the ballots.

9-1.

(a) Whenever any person who has filed a certificate of candidacy
for nomination in any primary election shall, in a writing signed by
him, and acknowledged before a justice of the peace or notary public,
notify the officer or board with whom the certificate of candidacy is
required to be filed by this article, at least forty-five (45) days before
the said primary that he desires to withdraw as a candidate for such
nomination, the certificate of candidacy shall thereupon be and be-
come void; and the name of any person so withdrawing shall not be
printed upon the ballots to be used at the primary election. The
filing of a valid certificate of withdrawal of candidacy is a final act
of withdrawal; and a person who files such a certificate of with-
drawal may not reinstate his candidacy, unless the time limit for the
filing of candidacies has not expired. No filing fees shall be refunded
to persons who withdraw in accordance with this section, subject,
however, to Section [4-8] 4A-7 of this article.

9-2.

(a) Should any nominee die before election day or decline the
nomination, as in this subtitle provided, or should any certificate of
nomination be or become insufficient or inoperative from any cause
occurring after the period of time for the filling of vacancies in party
nominations as is prescribed by Section [4-6] 4A-5 of this article,
the vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned shall be filled in the manner
prescribed as hereinafter set forth.