MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1933

member of a Governor — Lieutenant Governor unit
nominated by petition, dies, withdraws or is
disqualified before or after the filing deadline;
and generally relating to the candidacy of a
Governor and Lieutenant Governor unit.

BY adding to

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 6-1 through 6—10, inclusive, to be under the

new subtitle "Candidates for Governor and

Lieutenant Governor"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 6-1 through 6-10, inclusive,
to be under the new subtitle "Candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor" be and they are hereby added to
Article 33 — Election Code, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

6-1.

EACH CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, AT THE
TIME OF FILING FOR THAT OFFICE, SHALL DESIGNATE A
CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. THE NAMES OF
THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL
BE LISTED JOINTLY ON THE ELECTION BALLOT, AND A VOTE CAST
FOR THE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR SHALL BE ALSO A VOTE CAST
FOR THE CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. THE
CANDIDATES SHALL FILE FOR NOMINATION JOINTLY AND SHALL BE
CONSIDERED A UNIT FOR NOMINATION OF A PARTY TO THE
OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. THE NAME OF
A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MAY NOT
BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT WITHOUT BEING LISTED JOINTLY WITH
THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE OTHER OFFICE.

6-2.

IF EITHER OF THE CANDIDATES OF A GOVERNOR-LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR UNIT DIES OR WITHDRAWS OR BECOMES DISQUALIFIED
FOR ANY REASON PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE SET FORTH IN
SECTION 4A-3, THE REMAINING CANDIDATE MAY DESIGNATE A
SUCCESSOR WHO SHALL FILE HIS CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY
PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE OR THE SIXTH DAY FOLLOWING
THE DAY OF THE DEATH, WITHDRAWAL, OR DISQUALIFICATION,
WHICHEVER IS LATER.        THE REMAINING CANDIDATE MAY ALSO

WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDACY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9-1 (A)
AND FORM A NEW UNIT FOR CANDIDACY FOR THE OFFICES OF
GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. BOTH CANDIDATES SHALL