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686 MARYLAND MANUAL
the time of filing for said office designate a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, and the names of the said candidate
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be listed on the
primary election ballot, or otherwise considered for nomina-
tion jointly with each other. No candidate for Governor may
designate a candidate for Lieutenant Governor to contest
for the said offices jointly with him without the consent of
the said candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and no candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor may designate a candidate for
Governor, to contest jointly for said offices with him without
the consent of the said candidate for Governor, said consent
to be in writing on a form provided for such purpose and
filed with the Secretary of State at the time the said candi-
dates shall file their certificates of candidacy, or other docu-
ments by which they seek nomination. In any election, in-
cluding a primary election, candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor shall be listed jointly on the ballot, and
a vote cast for the candidate for Governor shall also be cast
for Lieutenant Governor jointly listed on the ballot with
him, and the election of Governor, or the nomination of a
candidate for Governor, also shall constitute the election for
the same term, or the nomination, of the Lieutenant Gov-
ernor who was listed on the ballot or was being considered
jointly with him.
3.
The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall then open
the said Returns, in the presence of both Houses; and the
persons having the highest number of votes for these offices,
and being constitutionally eligible, shall be the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, and shall qualify, in the manner herein
prescribed, on the fourth Wednesday of January next ensu-
ing his election, as soon thereafter as may be practicable.
4.
If two or more sets of persons shall have the highest and
an equal number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, one set of them shall be chosen Governor and Lieu-
tenant Governor by the Senate and House of Delegates; and
all questions in relation to the eligibility of Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, and to the Returns of said election,
and to the number and legality of votes therein given, shall
be determined by the House of Delegates; and if the person
having the highest number of votes for Governor or for
Lieutenant Governor or both of them, be ineligible, a person
or persons shall be chosen by the Senate and House of Dele-

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