916                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 405

ELECTIONS SHALL SUPPLY PAPER BALLOTS IN THE US-
UAL FORM FOR USE IN VOTING FOR SUCH OFFICES. THE
EIGHT PERSONS AMONG THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE DULY
PLACED ON PRIMARY BALLOTS AS CANDIDATES FOR
NOMINATION TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AT-
LARGE, IN THOSE YEARS WHEN ELECTIONS SHALL BE
HELD FOR FOUR MEMBERS AT-LARGE TO THE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SIX PERSONS AMONG THOSE
WHOSE NAMES ARE DULY PLACED ON PRIMARY BALLOTS
AS CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION TO THE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION AT-LARGE IN THOSE YEARS WHEN
ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD FOR THREE MEMBERS AT-
LARGE TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHO RE-
CEIVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES AT SAID PRIMARY
ELECTION, SHALL BE THE DULY NOMINATED CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTION TO THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION OFFICES. THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHALL, UPON THE COMPLETION
OF ITS CANVASS OF VOTERS AT SAID PRIMARY ELECTION,
DETERMINE WHO ARE THE DULY NOMINATED CANDI-
DATES FOR ELECTION TO THE RESPECTIVE BOARD OF
EDUCATION OFFICES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION AND SHALL CERTIFY THE SAME TO THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS OF MONTGOMERY
COUNTY. ANY PERSON WHO HAS QUALIFIED UNDER THIS
SECTION AS A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION TO THE
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND WHO SHALL BY
VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, BE RE-
QUIRED TO RUN IN A PRIMARY ELECTION, MAY ON OR
BEFORE SIXTY-FIVE (65) DAYS PRECEDING THE PRIMARY
ELECTION AS HEREIN PROVIDED. IN A WRITING SIGNED
BY HIM AND ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE AN OFFICER DULY
AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS UNDER THE
LAWS OF MARYLAND, NOTIFY THE BOARD OF SUPER-
VISORS OF ELECTIONS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT
HE DESIRES TO WITHDRAW AS A CANDIDATE FOR SUCH
NOMINATION. THE PETITION OF CANDIDACY AS TO ANY
CANDIDATE SO WITHDRAWING SHALL, THEREUPON BE
AND BECOME VOID AND THE NAME OF SUCH CANDIDATE
SHALL NOT BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR SUCH PRI-
MARY ELECTION. IF THE WITHDRAWAL OF ANY CANDI-
DATE REDUCES THE NOMINEES AT-LARGE TO EIGHT IN
THOSE YEARS WHEN ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD FOR
FOUR MEMBERS TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
AT-LARGE OR TO SIX IN THOSE YEARS WHEN ELECTIONS
SHALL BE HELD FOR THREE MEMBERS TO THE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION AT-LARGE, THEN THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS SHALL CERTIFY SUCH RE-
MAINING CANDIDATES AS PROVIDED BY SUBSECTION (B)
(1) OF THIS SECTION. NO PERSON SHALL BE CERTIFIED
AS A CANDIDATE WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY
OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

(C) THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE ELEC-
TION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS
HEREIN PROVIDED. PROVISIONS SHALL BE MADE FOR USE