Marvin Mandel, Governor                   747

4A-1.

[Each person filing a certificate of candidacy for nomination or
election to any public or party office in any of the counties, any sen-
atorial district or any legislative district must be a registered voter
of the particular county or district in which he seeks to be nomi-
nated or elected and shall furthermore be affiliated with the party
whose nomination he seeks or whose office he seeks.]

Each person seeking nomination to any public or party office at a
primary election, shall file a certificate of candidacy for nomination
in the manner and at the time provided in this subtitle. Such person
who is a candidate for any State, local, or party office must be a
registered voter of the particular county or district in which he
seeks to be nominated. A candidate for any federal, State, local or
party office shall be affiliated with the party whose office he seeks.
Before finally placing the name of such a candidate on the ballot at
the succeeding primary election, the board shall determine that the
candidate meets the registration and affiliation requirements of this
section. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the party
affiliation of any candidate for judicial office for which candidates
are permitted to be listed on the ballot without party designation;
but the requirements shall be applicable to the filling of any vacancy
in any public or party office.

4A-4.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the filling of
vacancies, as specified in Sec. 9-2 of this article, nor to special elec-
tions held to fill vacancies in office caused by death, resignation or
otherwise [.] , nor to political parties which are not required to nomi-
nate candidates by means of primary elections.

4A-6.

[(e) Candidates nominated by primary meetings and petition must
pay the fee in accordance with the foregoing conditions.]

New Political Parties
4B-1. New political parties

(a)  Formation. Any group of voters wishing to form a new
political party shall do so by filing with the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws a Petition for Formation of a Political
Party which shall declare their intention of organizing a State polit-
ical party, the name of which shall be stated in the petition together
with the name and address of the State Chairman thereof and the
names and addresses of at least twenty-five persons who shall be
designated as constituting the governing body of the party. Appended
to the petition shall be papers bearing the signatures of at least ten
thousand qualified voters of the State, in the manner hereinafter
provided.

(b)  Form of Petition; affidavit. The signatures shall not be
appended to one paper but shall be on separate papers, bearing one
or more signatures, and being no more than 8½ inches in width
and, 14 inches in length. Each paper shall not contain the names of
persons residing in more than one county or in any county and
ONLY IN ONE COUNTY OR ONLY in the City of Baltimore.