BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(A) NOMINATION.

(1) NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE HOWARD
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE HEREIN
PROVIDED, SHALL BE BY PETITION ENDORSED BY A MINIMUM OF 250
REGISTERED VOTERS OF HOWARD COUNTY. EACH PETITION SHALL BE
FILED WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS FOR HOWARD
COUNTY NOT LATER THAN 4:00 P.M. ON THE MONDAY WHICH IS 70
DAYS BEFORE THE DAY ON WHICH THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS TO BE
HELD. EACH PETITION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A $10 FILING
FEE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE IN THIS SECTION PROVIDED, EACH
PETITION SHALL CONFORM GENERALLY TO THE LAWS AND
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.

(2) IF AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME ALLOWED
FOR FILING OF PETITIONS BY THIS SECTION, THERE ARE NO MORE
THAN TWO NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD FOR EACH MEMBER THEN TO BE
ELECTED, SAID BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS SHALL
CERTIFY SAID CANDIDATES AS DULY NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTION FOR THE RESPECTIVE BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICES.
THESE NAMES AND THE NAME OF THE POSITION FOR WHICH THEY ARE
CANDIDATES SHALL BE OMITTED FROM THE BALLOT REQUIRED BY
PARAGRAPH THREE (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(3) IF AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME, AS
AFORESAID, THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD,
RESPECTIVELY FOR EACH MEMBER THEN TO BE ELECTED. SAID BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE THE MEANS WHEREBY
ALL DULY REGISTERED VOTERS OF HOWARD COUNTY. IRRESPECTIVE OF
PARTY AFFILIATION, MAY VOTE FOR SAID NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD
AT A PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR
HOLDING THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES. IN
TAKING THE BALLOT, VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE USED, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT IF THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES SUBMITTED FOR VOTE
AT THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS IS TOO LARGE FOR THE PRACTICAL USE

OF VOTING __MACHINES. THE SAID BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF

EJECTIONS SHALL SUPPLY PAPER BALLOTS IN THE USUAL FORM FOR
USE IN VOTING FOR SUCH OFFICES. THE NOMINEES IN THE PRIMARY
ELECTION, EQUAL TO TWICE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED
TO THE BOARD, WHO RECEIVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES AT THE
PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL BE DULY NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTION TO THE BOARD OFFICES. THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS FOR
HOWARD COUNTY SHALL, UPON THE COMPLETION OF ITS CANVASS OF
VOTERS AT SAID PRIMARY ELECTION, DETERMINE WHO ARE THE DULY

NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE RESPECTIVE BOARD

OFFICES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL
CERTIFY THE SAME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS OF
HOWARD COUNTY. ANY PERSON WHO HAS QUALIFIED UNDER THIS
SECTION AS A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION TO THE COUNTY BOARD,

AND WHO__SHALL BY VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

BE REQUIRED TO BUN IN A PRIMARY ELECTION, MAY ON OR BEFORE
65 DAYS PRECEDING THE PRIMARY ELECTION AS HEREIN PROVIDED,

IN A WRITING SIGNED BY HIM__AND ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE AN

OFFICER DULY AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS UNDER THE
LAWS OF MARYLAND, NOTIFY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF

ELECTIONS OF HOWARD COUNTY THAT HE DESIRES TO WITHDRAW AS A

CANDIDATE FOR SUCH NOMINATION. THE PETITION OF CANDIDACY AS
TO ANY CANDIDATE SO WITHDRAWING SHALL, THEREUPON BE AND