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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

ELECTION TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE, OR AFTER ACCEPTING ANY
OFFICE IN A POLITICAL PARTY, ORGANIZATION OR CLUB. NO
SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE SHALL ENGAGE IN ANY POLITICAL
ACTIVITY AT ELECTION POLLS OTHER THAN THE EXERCISE OF
HIS RIGHT AS A CITIZEN TO CAST HIS BALLOT. ANY COUNTY
OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO VIOLATES ANY OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL FORTHWITH BE REMOVED FROM HIS
POSITION BY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY, AND SHALL, FOR A
PERIOD OF TWO (2) YEARS, BE INELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT
TO A POSITION IN THE COUNTY SERVICE. THE PERSONNEL
BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH AND PROMULGATE RULES AND
REGULATIONS, WITH APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS, FURTHER
DEFINING AND LIMITING POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF COUNTY
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES DURING THEIR ON-DUTY HOURS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if
any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid
for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
other provisions or any other application, and to this
end, all the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That at
the next general election to be held in this State on
November 7, 1972, the foregoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Charter of Anne
Arundel County, shall be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of Anne Arundel County for their
adoption or rejection pursuant to Section 1202 of the
Charter of Anne Arundel County and at said general
election, the vote on the said proposed amendment to
the Charter shall be by ballot; and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words "For the Charter
Amendment" and "Against the Charter Amendment". If a
majority of the votes cast in said election shall be
in favor of the proposed amendment, such amendment
shall stand adopted from and after the thirtieth
(30th) day following said election; but if a majority
of the votes cast in the election shall be against the
proposed amendment, then the provisions of this
ordinance shall be null and void and of no effect.

APPROVED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION - November 7, 1972.