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Art. 2] MARYLAND MANUAL 679 1 SEC. 2. An election for Governor, under this Constitu- tion, shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Mon- day of November, in the year nineteen hundred and fifty- eight, and on the same day and month in every fourth year thereafter, at the places of voting for Delegates to the General Assembly; and every person qualified to vote for Delegates, shall be qualified and entitled to vote for Gover- nor; the election to be held in the same manner as the elec- tion of Delegates, and the returns thereof, under seal, to be addressed to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and enclosed and transmitted to the Secretary of State, and de- livered to said Speaker, at the commencement of the ses- sion of the General Assembly, next ensuing said election. ^ SEC. 3. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall then open the said Returns, in the presence of both Houses; and the person having the highest number of votes, and being Constitutionally eligible, shall be the Governor, and shall qualify, in the manner herein prescribed, on the fourth Wednesday of January next ensuing his election, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable. SEC. 4. If two or more persons shall have the highest and an equal number of votes for Governor, one of them shall be chosen Governor by the Senate and House of Dele- gates ; and all questions in relation to the eligibility of Gov- ernor, and to the Returns of said election, and to the num- ber and legality of votes therein given, shall be determined by the House of Delegates; and if the person, or persons, having the highest number of votes, be ineligible, the Gov- ernor shall be chosen by the Senate and House of Dele- gates. Every election of Governor by the General Assem- bly shall be determined by a joint majority of the Senate and House of Delegates; and the vote shall be taken viva voce. But if two or more persons shall have the highest and an equal number of votes, then, a second vote shall be taken, which shall be confined to the persons having an equal number; and if the vote should again be equal, then the election of Governor shall be determined by lot between those, who shall have the highest and an equal number on the first vote. SEC. 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Governor, must have attained the age of thirty years, and must have been for ten years a citizen of the State of Maryland, and for five years next preceding his election, a resident of the State, and, at the time of his election, a qualified voter therein. 'This amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956. 'Thus amended by Chapter 161, Acts of 1964, ratified November 3, 1964. |
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