HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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presidential primary election, in a writing signed by him
and acknowledged before a notary public, notifies the
officer or board with whom the certificate of candidacy, or
petition for nomination, or name is required to be filed by
this article, [at least forty-five (45) days before the
primary] WITHIN 18 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL FILING DATE
ESTABLISHED IN § 4A-3 OF THIS ARTICLE that he desires to
withdraw as a candidate for the nomination, his name shall
be withdrawn and the name of any person so withdrawing shall
not be printed upon the ballots to be used at the
presidential primary election. The filing of a valid
certificate of withdrawal of candidacy is a final act of
withdrawal; and a person who files a certificate of
withdrawal may not reinstate his candidacy, unless the time
limit for the filing of candidacies has not expired. No
filing fees shall be refunded to persons who withdraw in
accordance with this section, subject, however, to § 4A-7 of
this article. Nothing in this section shall apply to a
candidate who qualifies under § 12-2(a)(l).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved February 15, 1980.

CHAPTER 10

(Senate Bill 197)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County - County Board of Education

FOR the purpose of changing the date of the primary election
for members of the Board of Education for Prince
George's County; specifying the time and place for that
election; and making this Act an emergency measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 32-7(a)(3)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: