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in which national conventions for the nomination of President and
Vice-President are held. The selection of delegates shall be as
follows:

(1)  Election of District Delegates. Of the number of delegates
allotted to Maryland, with the exception of those provided for in
paragraph (3) of this subsection, there shall be elected from each
congressional district an equal number of district delegates from the
list of candidates certified to the boards by the State Administra-
tive Board of Election Laws. In ascertaining the number of delegates
to be elected from each congressional district, the State Adminis-
trative Board of Election Laws shall determine the highest whole
number that can be multiplied by the current number of congres-
sional districts in Maryland to obtain a product closest to but not
greater than 100% of the delegates allotted to Maryland by the
respective national party committee. Each delegate may have placed
adjacent to his name on the ballot the name of a presidential candi-
date, provided that the written permission of the presidential candi-
date has been received by the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws at least 53 days prior to the date of the primary
election.

(2)  Election of At-Large Delegates. After the election of the
district delegates in accordance with Section 12-1 (a) (1), those
elected district delegates from any national political party shall
meet in convention not more than 21 days after that election [and]
at a time and place to be designated by the State Party Chairman
who shall act as chairman of the convention. The elected district
delegates shall elect, as "At-Large Delegates," the remainder of
delegates allotted to Maryland by the respective national party
committee and not elected under Section 12-1 (a) (2).

(3)  Ex Officio Delegates.

(i) The Governor of the State shall be an ex officio delegate to
the national party convention of the party upon whose ticket he ran
in the last preceding gubernatorial election.

(ii) If provided for in the party constitution, the national com-
mitteeman, the national committeewoman and the State party chair-
man of each party shall be ex officio delegates.

(4)  Selection of Alternates for Elected Delegates. The elected
delegation to the national party convention shall elect the alternate
delegates to the convention.

(5)   Filling of Vacancies. The entire delegation to a national
party convention shall fill vacancies occurring in the office of delegate
or alternate delegate.

(6)  IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS
SUBSECTION AND ANY OTHER SUBSECTION OF THIS SEC-
TION THE OTHER SUBSECTION SHALL PREVAIL.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and safety and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 5, 1972.