HARRY HUGHES, Governor

677

(A)  Any political party with which ten per centum or
more of the registered voters of this State are affiliated,
as shown by the most recent statement of registration of the
State Administrative Board of Election Laws compiled
pursuant to § 3-9A(b) of this article shall at the next
succeeding primary election conducted under the provisions
of this subtitle: (1) nominate all its candidates for
public office; (2) elect all members of the local central
committees in said political party; and (3) elect the
appropriate number of delegates to a national convention as
provided in this article. The several boards shall not
print on the official ballot to be voted at any general or
special election to be hereafter held the name or names of
any such candidate or candidates for election in Baltimore
City or any of the counties of the State of any of said
parties who shall not be so nominated and whose nomination
shall not be certified to them or to the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws as having been so
nominated.

(B)  THIS SUBTITLE MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT A
POLITICAL PARTY IS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT ELECTIONS TO SELECT
DELEGATES TO A NATIONAL CONVENTION.

12-1.

(a) The total number of delegates and alternate
delegates to represent the respective political parties at
their respective national conventions shall be ascertained
and determined by the governing body of each party and
certified to the State Administrative Board of Election Laws
not later than the first day of March in each year in which
national conventions for the nomination of President and
Vice-President are held. The selection of delegates shall
be as follows:

(6) (I) IF A POLITICAL PARTY CHOOSES NOT TO
ELECT DELEGATES TO A NATIONAL CONVENTION BY MEANS OF PRIMARY
ELECTIONS, SUBSECTIONS 12-1(A)(1) THROUGH 12-1(A)(5) DO NOT
APPLY; AND DISTRICT DELEGATES SHALL BE NOMINATED AT A
POST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CAUCUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

LAWFUL RULES OF THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

POST-PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT CAUCUSES TO BE CALLED BY
THE PARTY CHAIRMAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

(II) AFTER SELECTION OF THE DISTRICT

DELEGATES, THE DISTRICT DELEGATES, A STATE CONVENTION, OR
THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL ELECT AT LARGE DELEGATES
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWFUL RULES OF THE STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.

(II) IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE ELIGIBILITY OF
DELEGATES FOR ATTENDANCE AT NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTIONS, THE
CAUCUSES AND THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL BE
GUIDED BY NATIONAL PARTY RULES IN THEIR DELEGATE SELECTION

PROCEDURES.