1320                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 560

candidates for election as delegates to conventions certified to them
by the Secretary of State in manner and form and in all respects
similar to the way in which the names of candidates for nomination
for Governor are required to be printed upon official primary ballots
by the provisions of Section 14-1 of this article.

(d)    The names of the candidates for the nomination for
President of the United States and the names of the candidates for
election as delegates to conventions of the several political parties
upon the official primary ballots shall be arranged and the ballots
shall be prepared and shall be marked and cast by voters in the
same manner as is prescribed by the provisions of this article with
respect to the nomination in the primary election of candidates for
the office of Governor of Maryland.

(e)    The results of the primary elections in the several counties
and legislative districts of Baltimore City in presidential years shall
be canvassed, ascertained and certified in the same manner as pro-
vided by law with respect to the election of delegates from the
several counties and legislative districts to State conventions of the
respective parties to nominate candidates for State offices. The votes
cast in each primary election in each county and legislative district
of Baltimore City shall be canvassed and certified by the respective
board of supervisor of elections in Baltimore City and the several
counties of the State. The board of State canvassers then shall
tabulate the votes so canvassed and certified in a manner plainly to
indicate for each party which candidate for President and which
candidates for election as delegates to a national convention received
the highest number of votes in the State as a whole.

12-3.

(a)    Nomination.—The State convention of any party shall
nominate or provide for the nomination of candidates for presiden-
tial electors of the party in such manner as the convention determines.

(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 is entitled to appoint.

(c)    Certification of nominees to Secretary of State.—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.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end,
all the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.