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2086 MUNICIPAL CHARTERS
SECTION 2. And be it further resolved by the Council of the Town of
Bladensburg, that Section 3-26 of the Charter of the Town of Bladensburg also be
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Section 3-26. Registration and election by wards.
Registration shall be by wards. The supervisor of registration and election shall
be furnished by the Town Council, prior to the first registration day under this
subtitle, with a well bound registration book or books in which book or books
there shall be provided spaces or individual registration cards for the name of each
person registering for the ward in which they reside, his or her age, actual address
of residence, date of registration, and each person registering shall sign his or her
name, or in which his or her mark shall be made if such person is unable to write.
The supervisor of registration or any clerk acting as such shall swear each
applicant for registering and if upon the examination of such applicant it appears
to both of them that such applicant is a qualified voter in accordance with the
provisions hereof they shall register his or her name in said registration book; and
all persons so registered and qualified shall be entitled to vote at town elections so
long as his or her name appears upon such registration book of his or her
particular ward. All registration books of all wards shall be returned to the Town
Council within three days after each election, and all such books shall thereupon
become the official registration books of the Town. In any event the Town
registration books of all the wards shall be closed for any further registration
[sixteen days] THIRTY DAYS prior to the Town election day. The Town
Supervisor of Registration and Elections shall be responsible and the custodian of
all the registration books of the town until after the election day as provided hereof.
SECTION 3. And be it further resolved by the Council of the Town of
Bladensburg, that Section 3-28 of the Charter of the Town of Bladensburg also be
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Section 3-28. Filing certificate for candidates for office.
Any person having the qualifications provided for herein, may become a
candidate for Councilman or Mayor, by filing with the Town Supervisor of
Election, at least 15 days prior to the election, a certificate that he or she is a
candidate, by giving his age, residence, occupation, land a reference to the Land
Records of ownership of his or her real estate, assessed valuation of his or her
property of not less than $5,000.00 dollars, and listed upon the assessment books
of the town,] and that he or she is a registered voter, at the time of filing, listed
upon the registration books of the town. Candidate certificate for public office
shall be obtained from the Town Clerk's office, Municipal Building, Bladensburg.
No person shall file for candidate to more than one elective town public office or
hold more than one elective town public office at any one time. The term
"Elective" as used hereof is construed to mean a person elected by the people to
serve a term in office, and not a person appointed by the Mayor or the Council to
serve as the head of town committees or heads of town departments. In the event
that less persons than are to be elected shall file as candidates, or any candidate
having filed, dies or withdraws, the said supervisors may receive petitions of
candidacy up to within three days of said election. Candidates' names shall appear
in alphabetical order for office sought, on the ballots or voting machines labels. Of
the candidates participating, the persons receiving the highest number of votes shall
be named and considered as the winners of the election. The candidate filing for
the office of Mayor shall be elected at large, and candidates filing for office of
Councilman shall state on the candidate certificate that he or she is a candidate for
Councilman for the particular ward of the Town in which he or she is a resident
[and property owner].
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