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(a) (1) Whenever any person who has filed a certificate of can-
didacy for nomination in any primary election shall, in a writing
signed by him, and acknowledged before a justice of the peace or
notary public, notify the officer or board with whom the certificate
of candidacy is required to be filed by this article, at least forty-five
(45) days before the said primary that he desires to withdraw as a
candidate for such nomination, the certificate of candidacy shall
thereupon be and become void; and the name of any person so with-
drawing shall not be printed upon the ballots to be used at the pri-
mary election. The filing of a valid certificate of withdrawal of
candidacy is a final act of withdrawal; and a person who files such a
certificate of withdrawal may not reinstate his candidacy, unless the
time limit for the filing of candidacies has not expired. No filing
fees shall be refunded to persons who withdraw in accordance with
this section, subject, however, to Section 4A-7 of this article.

(2) Board offices shall be open and certificates of withdrawal of
candidacy shall be accepted until nine (9) P.M. on the last day for
withdrawing.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on June JULY 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971

CHAPTER 266
(House Bill 13)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 26-3(a)
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replace-
ment Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Election Code," sub-
title "Fair Election Practices," to prohibit all election board offi-
cials and employees from being a treasurer, sub-treasurer, or
political agent of any candidate, combination of candidates, or
political committee during any part of their tenure in office
or employment, and generally relating to the election laws.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 26-3 (a) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1967 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title
"Election Code," subtitle "Fair Election Practices," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

26-3.

(a) (1) Each candidate for nomination for, or election to, pub-
lic or party office, upon or before, and as a condition precedent to
qualifying as such candidate, shall appoint one campaign treasurer
and shall file the name and address of the campaign treasurer with
the board or with the State Administrative Board of Election Laws
as provided in subsection (c) of this section. Every treasurer so
appointed shall accept such appointement, in writing, prior to filing