MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        1669

nomination jointly with a candidate for Governor, so that a vote cast
for a candidate for Governor shall also be cast for the candidate for
Lieutenant Governor listed on the ballot or being considered jointly
with the candidate for Governor. The election of a Governor, or the
nomination of a candidate for Governor, also shall constitute the
election for the same term, or the nomination of the Lieutenant

Governor who was listed on the ballot or was being considered

jointly with him. EACH CANDIDATE WHO SHALL SEEK A
NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, UNDER ANY METHOD PRO-
VIDED BY LAW FOR SUCH NOMINATION, INCLUDING PRI-
MARY ELECTIONS, SHALL AT THE TIME OF FILING FOR
SAID OFFICE DESIGNATE A CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR, AND THE NAMES OF THE SAID CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL BE
LISTED ON THE PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT, OR OTHER-
WISE CONSIDERED FOR NOMINATION JOINTLY WITH
EACH OTHER. NO CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR MAY DES-
IGNATE A CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO
CONTEST FOR THE SAID OFFICES JOINTLY WITH HIM
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE SAID CANDIDATE FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND NO CANDIDATE FOR LIEU-
TENANT GOVERNOR MAY DESIGNATE A CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR, TO CONTEST JOINTLY FOR SAID OFFICES
WITH HIM WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE SAID CANDI-
DATE FOR GOVERNOR, SAID CONSENT TO BE IN WRITING
ON A FORM PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND FILED
WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE TIME THE SAID
CANDIDATES SHALL FILE THEIR CERTIFICATES OF CAN-
DIDACY, OR OTHER DOCUMENTS BY WHICH THEY SEEK
NOMINATION. IN ANY ELECTION, INCLUDING A PRIMARY
ELECTION, CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTEN-
ANT GOVERNOR SHALL BE LISTED JOINTLY ON THE BAL-
LOT, AND A VOTE CAST FOR THE CANDIDATE FOR GOV-
ERNOR SHALL ALSO BE CAST FOR LIEUTENANT GOVER-
NOR JOINTLY LISTED ON THE BALLOT WITH HIM, AND
THE ELECTION OF GOVERNOR, OR THE NOMINATION OF
A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, ALSO SHALL CONSTITUTE
THE ELECTION FOR THE SAME TERM, OR THE NOMINA-
TION, OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHO WAS LISTED
ON THE BALLOT OR WAS BEING CONSIDERED JOINTLY
WITH HIM.

3.

The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall then open the said
Returns, in the presence of both Houses; and the persons having the
highest number of votes for these offices, and being constitutionally
eligible, shall be the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and shall
qualify, in the manner herein prescribed, on the fourth Wednesday
of January next ensuing his election, or as soon thereafter as may
be practicable.

4.

If two or more sets of persons shall have the highest and an equal
number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, one set of
them shall be chosen Governor and Lieutenant Governor by the
Senate and House of Delegates; and all questions in relation to the