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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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Code of Maryland, or, in the case of a board covered by a
local merit system as provided in Article 64A, § 9G (f),
subject to the rules and regulations of the personnel
officials of the county in which the board is located,
each board has the power to appoint and remove, clerks,
registrars, voting machine custodians, stenographers, and
other employees who shall be registered voters of the
State of Maryland. During the time of acting in any
capacity under this section, no employee shall hold any
public or party office or be a candidate for any public
or party office; use his official authority or influence
for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the
result of an election; or take an active part in
political management or in political campaigns.

Provided that nothing in this section shall be
construed to apply to election judges, whatever their
title may be, or to attorneys to the election boards.
However, an election judge or an attorney to an election
board may not be a candidate or[,] a treasurer for a
candidate.

In Baltimore City the board shall have no more than
45 employees, or as provided hereafter by the secretary
of personnel.

4A-2.

(d) All persons except write—in candidates [,]
shall file their certificates of candidacy in person
within the time specified by § 4A—3 of this article and
at the place specified in this section. In the event
that any person wishing to file a certificate of
candidacy is unable to do so in person by reason of
illness, military service or temporary absence from the
State of Maryland, such person shall file an affidavit
setting out fully such facts as prevent him from
personally filing his certificate of candidacy and such
affidavit must be filed with the certificate of
candidacy.

(el) Certificates of candidacy for the candidates
for election as delegates to a national convention [,]
may be filed by certified mail, return receipt requested,
with the State Administrative Board of Election Laws, and
if mailed, must be received by the State Board no later
than 15 days before the filing deadline.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

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