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choice and the instructions ascertained and determined for the Mary-
land delegation of such party to the national convention with respect
to the candidate of the party for President of the United States
shall be certified by the presiding officer of the State convention to
the executive officers of the national convention of the party.

(b) Vacancy in Delegation. Any vacancy which may exist in the
delegation of any of such parties to any such national convention
shall be filled in the manner prescribed by the State convention with
respect to the filling of vacancies.

85.  National Conventions. (a) Number of Delegates. The number
of delegates-at-large and district delegates, together with alternates,
who shall represent the respective political parties subject to the
provisions of this sub-title in the respective national conventions of
said parties, shall be ascertained and determined by the governing
body for the whole State of each of said parties not later than the
15th day of April in each year in which such national conventions
for the nomination of President and Vice-President shall be held;
provided that if the governing body for the whole State of any of
said parties shall not make such ascertainment and determination,
the same may be made by the State convention of such party.

(b)   Absence of Candidates. In the event that no person shall file
a certificate of candidacy and make the payment above required as a
candidate for the nomination for President in said primary election
of any of said parties, then delegates of such party may instruct the
delegates sent by it to the national convention for such candidate for
President as it may see fit, or may send an uninstructed delegation
to the national convention of such party.

(c)   Unit Vote. All the delegates selected by the State convention
to a national convention shall be instructed and bound to vote as a
unit on the first ballot for President in the national convention if so
instructed by their State convention. They shall continue to vote
for the choice of the State of Maryland for President as long as in
their conscientious judgment there is any possibility of his being
nominated.

RECOUNTS FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS

86.   Time for Petition for Recount. Within ten days after the
day of any primary election, or within two days after the results of
the canvass are declared official, any candidate for a nomination or
for delegate to any convention or for member of State or local central
committee or position who has been defeated on the face of the re-
turns, may petition the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City
or of any county of the State for an appeal from and review of the
action and decision of the judges of election in counting the ballots
and for a recanvass and recount of the ballots cast in any or all of
the precincts of said county or city or ward or legislative district or
political division therein. If said candidate were running for a State
office or for Congress or for Judge he may petition for said recount
in two or more counties or legislative districts or wards or precincts
of Baltimore City simultaneously.

87.    Affidavit or Bond. Such petition shall be filed with an
affidavit or affidavits, made by officers of election or by watchers,