4                                  Laws of Maryland                          [Ch. 2

duly authorized employee of the board shall endorse on each paper
the number of signatures verified by the employee and shall endorse
and sign the paper. For the purpose of the endorsement, each paper
shall contain a blank space for the endorsement. The papers shall
be delivered to the boards not later than 9:00 p.m. on the Monday
which is ten weeks or seventy days before the day on which the
primary election should be held under the primary election law , or,
in the case of candidates for an office to be filled pursuant to Section
22-1 (b) of this Article, the papers shall be delivered to the boards
not later than 9:00 p.m. on the Monday which is three weeks or
twenty-one days before the day on which the special primary elec-
tion is to be held under the Governor's proclamation setting the date
for the special primary election. All papers delivered to a board
pursuant to this subsection and required to be filed with the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws pursuant to Section 4A-2
shall, after verification and endorsement as herein required, be
mailed or delivered by the board to the State Administrative Board
of Election[s] Laws, on the Monday which is five weeks or thirty-
five days before the day on which the primary election should be
held under the primary election law or, in the case of candidates
for an office to be filled pursuant to Section 22-1 (b) of this Article,
on or before the Monday which is two weeks or fourteen days before
the day on which the special primary election is to be held under
the Governor's proclamation. The State Administrative Board of
Election Laws shall determine the sufficiency of the percentage of
registered voters signing petitions in those cases in which candi-
dates file certificates of nomination or of candidacy in its office. In
all other instances, such determination shall be made by the local
boards.

8-4.

Not less than thirty days before a general election to fill any
public office , and not less than twenty days before a special election
called pursuant to Section 22-1 (b) of this Article to fill a vacancy
in the office of Representative in Congress, the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws shall certify to the board of each county
and of the City of Baltimore, within which any of the voters may
by law vote for candidates for any office, the name, party affiliation
and residence of each person nominated for such office, as specified
in the certificates of nominations filed with the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws.

9-1.

The times designated in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section
for declining nominations and for withdrawal of certificates of
candidacy are mandatory and the provisions of these paragraphs
shall also be applicable to municipal elections in Baltimore City.
The provisions of these paragraphs shall not be applicable to elections
pursuant to Section 22-1 (b) of this Article, and any right of with-
drawal in such elections shall be limited to whatever is set forth in
the Governor's proclamation, , PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
SAID PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR MUST CONTAIN
A PROVISION WHICH ALLOWS ANY PERSON WHO HAS
FILED A CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY PURSUANT TO SEC-
TION 22-1 (B) OF THIS ARTICLE TO WITHDRAW SUCH CER-