SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        865

parties subject to the provisions of this subtitle in the respective
national conventions of said parties, shall be ascertained and deter-
mined by the governing body for the whole State of each of said
parties not later than the fifteenth day of April in each year m 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 said parties shall not make such ascertainment
and determination, the same may be made by the State convention of
such party.

(c)    The choice and the instructions ascertained and determined
for the Maryland delegation of such party to the national conven-
tion, if any, with respect to the candidate of the party for Presi-
dent of the United States shall be certified by the presiding officer
of the State Convention to the executive officers of the national con-
vention of the party.

(d)    All the delegates selected by the State Convention to a na-
tional convention shall be instructed and bound to vote as a unit on
the first ballot for President in the national convention if so instruc-
ted 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 nomi-
nated.

(e)    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.

12-2. Presidential electors: Selection and certification.

(a)    The State convention of any party shall nominate or provide
for the nomination of candidates for presidential electors of the party
in such manner as the convention may determine.

(b)    Number of electors: The State convention shall nominate or
provide for the nomination of as many candidates for presidential
electors of the party as this State shall be entitled to appoint.

(c)    The names of persons nominated by the State convention as
candidates for presidential electors shall be certified by the presiding
officers of the State convention to the Secretary of State.

CONTESTED NOMINATIONS AT PRIMARY ELECTIONS

13-1. 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 a State or local central committee or position who has been
defeated on the face of the returns, may petition the board for an
appeal from and review of the action and decision of the judges in
counting the ballots and for a recanvass and recount of the ballots
cast in any or all of the precincts of any county or Baltimore City or
ward or legislative district or political division therein. If the candi-
date was a candidate 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.