356                              Laws of Maryland                        Ch. 103

Board of Election Laws", "Election Boards and Employees", "Cer-
tificate of Candidacy", "Primary Elections", "Nomination by Pri-
mary Meeting", "Nomination by Petition", "Certificates of Nomina-
tion", "Vacancies in Nominations", subtitle "In General", "Party
Governing Bodies", "Presidential Primaries and Conventions", "Vot-
ing Machines", "Board of Canvassers", "Questions", "Miscellaneous
Provisions", "Fair Election Practices", "Absentee Voting", and
"Uniform Act for Voting by Nonresidents in Presidential Elec-
tions", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, all to read as follows:

1A-1.

[(f)] (e) The State Administrative Board of Election Laws
shall have the following powers and duties, including but not limited
to:

(1)    To exercise advisory supervision over the conduct of elec-
tions in the State.

(2)    To adopt rules and regulations to assist the Boards of Super-
visors of Elections to comply with the requirements of this Article
in the conduct of registrations, voting and elections in the State and
in otherwise fulfilling their duties under this Article.

(3)    To constitute a depository for such election records and
relevant information concerning elections as may be provided by
law or by administrative practice.

(4)    To make an annual report to the General Assembly including
recommended changes in this article to assure its uniform adminis-
tration and improvement in the procedure for the conduct of regis-
tration, voting and elections.

2-1.

(d) Before appointing any regular or substitute member of a
board, and before filling any vacancy as hereinbefore provided, the
Governor shall request the State central committees representing
the majority party or the principal minority party in each county
and in the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, to designate at
least four eligible persons affiliated with the political party of such
State central committee for each position. The Governor shall ap-
point one of the persons so designated to fill such vacancy, unless in
his judgment all of the persons shall be unfit or incompetent. In
such latter event he shall file a written statement with the [Secre-
tary of State] State Administrative Board of Election Laws, set-
ting forth the facts and the grounds therefor, and shall call upon
the committee for the county or city, as the case may be, for an
additional list of at least four names of persons affiliated with the
political party of such State central committee and from such sup-
plementary list he shall make the particular appointment. If a list
or additional lists are not submitted by the State central committee
in accordance herewith within twenty days after a request, then the
Governor may make such appointment from persons of his own
selection affiliated with the political party of the State central com-
mittee. In no event shall more than a total of three lists of any kind
be submitted by any one State central committee for any one position
as a regular or substitute member of a board.