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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 905

Committee for Baltimore County be elected at
large;]] and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 11-2(a), (b), (c) and (e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 11-2 (a), (b), (c) and (e) of
Article 33 - Election Code, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

11-2.

(a)    (1) Each political party as defined in §
1—1(a) (15) of this article shall have a central
committee for the State which shall be its governing
body; [such] THE committee to be composed of the members
of the central committee of [such] THE party for the
several counties and Baltimore City.

(2) IN A STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING
EACH COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY COMMITTEE IS ENTITLED TO
CAST A NUMBER OF VOTES AS PRESCRIBED BY PARTY RULES.

(b)    For parties required to select nominees at a
primary election, the central committee for the counties
or Baltimore City shall be selected as provided in this
article. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
the central committee for any county or Baltimore City
shall consist of [such] THE number of persons elected
from each county and legislative district of Baltimore
City as determined by party constitution. [In a State
central committee meeting each county or Baltimore City
committee is entitled to cast a number of votes as
prescribed by party rules.] ANY PERSON ELECTED TO SERVE
AS A MEMBER OF A PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL BE A
RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY, AS THE CASE MAY
BE, IN WHICH THAT CENTRAL COMMITTEE IS LOCATED. UPON
RELINQUISHING HIS RESIDENCY WITHIN THAT COUNTY OR
BALTIMORE CITY A MEMBER OF A PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE RESIGNED. Any vacancy in
the party central committee for any county or legislative
district of Baltimore City, Anne Arundel or Baltimore
counties shall be filled by the remaining members of the
committee elected from that county or legislative
district of Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, or Baltimore
counties. HOWEVER, ANY PERSON SELECTED TO FILL A VACANCY
IN A PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE
COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN WHICH