Section 6. Vacancies Occurring During Present Term of the
General Assembly.

(a) In case of death, disqualification, resignation, refusal to
act, expulsion, or removal from the county for which he shall have
been elected, of any person who shall have been chosen as a dele-
gate or senator, or in case of a tie vote between two or more such
qualified persons, the governor shall appoint a person whose name
shall be submitted to him in writing, within thirty days after the
occurrence of the vacancy, by the state central committee of the
political party with which the delegate or senator, so vacating, had
been affiliated in the county or district from which he or she was
elected, provided that the appointee shall be of the same political
party as the person whose office is to be filled; and it shall be the
duty of the governor to make said appointment within fifteen days
after the submission thereof to him. If a name is not submitted by
the state central committee within thirty days after the occur-
rence of the vacancy, the governor within another period of fifteen
days shall appoint a person, who shall be of the same political
party as the person whose office is to be filled, and who is other-
wise properly qualified to hold the office of delegate or senator in
the district or county. In every case when any person is so ap-
pointed by the governor, his appointment shall be deemed to be for
the unexpired term of the person whose office has become vacant.

(b) In addition, and in submitting a name to the governor to
fill a vacancy in a senatorial district or subdistrict, as the case
may be, in any of the counties of Maryland, the state central
committee or committees shall follow these provisions:

(1) If the vacancy occurs in a district or subdistrict having
the same boundaries as a county, the state central committee of
the county shall submit the name of a resident of the district or
subdistrict.

(2) If the vacancy occurs in a district or subdistrict which has
boundaries comprising a portion of one county, the state central
committee of that county shall submit the name of a resident of
the district or subdistrict.

(3) If the vacancy occurs in a district or subdistrict which has
boundaries comprising a portion or all of two or more counties,
the state central committee of each county involved shall have
one vote for submitting the name of a resident of the district or
subdistrict; and if there is a tie vote between or among the state

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