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where he is a registered voter, business, business address, the
office for which he seeks to be nominated and the party to which
he belongs whose nomination he seeks, twenty days before such
primary election in which he proposes to run for the nomina-
tion. Provided, that if after the expiration of the time allowed
by this subtitle for candidates for public office, delegates to
conventions, members of managing bodies, precinct, ward, city
and county executives or executive committees to qualify for
the purpose of having their names placed upon the official
primary election ballot in any legislative district of Baltimore
city or in any county of the State, it shall appear that only
one set of candidates of any such political party have so
qualified, then, and in that event, certificates of nomination or
selection shall be issued to the candidates so qualified in a
similar manner to that herein provided for successful can-
didates at primary elections, and no such primary election
shall be held for such political party. And provided further,
that whenever only one candidate of any such political party
for such public office or position has so qualified to have his
name so placed upon the official primary election ballot at the
expiration of the time allowed by this subtitle, then, and in
that event, a certificate of nomination or selection shall in like
manner be issued to him forthwith, and his name, and the name
of the position for which he is a candidate shall be omitted
from the said official ballot, so that such official ballot of such
political party shall contain only the names of such candidates
for position, offices or delegates where there are qualified con-
testants for such positions. Any vacancy which may exist in
respect to any office, delegates to convention or position named
in this subtitle occurring after the returns have been canvassed
and finally announced or which may exist by reason of there
being no candidate for the same in any such primary election
or otherwise, shall be filled as the rules and regulations of the
governing bodies for the respective parties in the counties, city
or State may now or shall hereafter provide.

160L. The provisions, all and singular, from Section 87 to
115 of this Article, both inclusive, and the offenses defined and
the penalties and punishments prescribed therefor in said sec-
tions, respectively, shall be fully applicable in all respects to
the same persons, matters and omissions in connection with or
pertaining to the primary elections or any primary election
held under this Article, subtitle "Primary Elections;" and said
sections are hereby made applicable to all primary elections
provided for and held hereunder; and any judge, clerk or other
officer of any primary election, or any voter or other person
who would be deemed guilty of any offense against the General
Election Law, or under provision or provisions thereof, in a