HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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procedures specified in rules adopted by the
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals consistent
with this Executive Order.

(b)  Upon notification by the Secretary
that a vacancy exists or is about to occur in a
judicial office for which a Commission is to make
nominations, the Commission shall seek and review
applications of proposed nominees for the
Judicial office. APPLICATIONS SHALL BE MADE ON
THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY. The
Commission shall notify the Maryland State Bar
Association, Inc. and other appropriate bar
associations of the vacancy, and shall request
recommendations from them. The Commission may
also seek a recommendation from interested
citizens and from among its own members.

(c) (1) The Commission shall evaluate each
proposed nominee. IN THE COURSE OF ITS
EVALUATION, A COMMISSION MAY SEEK
INFORMATION BEYOND THAT CONTAINED IN THE
PERSONAL DATA QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMITTED TO
IT. IT MAY OBTAIN PERTINENT INFORMATION
FROM KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSONS KNOWN TO
COMMISSION MEMBERS, THE ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE
COMMISSION, JUDGES, PERSONAL REFERENCES
GIVEN BY THE CANDIDATE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AGENCIES, OR OTHER SOURCES. A CRIMINAL
JUSTICE AGENCY, INCLUDING THE CENTRAL
REPOSITORY, MAY RELEASE CRIMINAL HISTORY
RECORD INFORMATION, INCLUDING CONVICTION
AND NONCONVICTION DATA, TO A COMMISSION, ON
THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING A CANDIDATE.

(2)  NOT LESS THAN NINE COMMISSION
MEMBERS SHALL BE PRESENT AT A VOTING
SESSION.

(3)  THE COMMISSION [It] shall select
and nominate to the Governor the names of
persons it finds to be legally and most
fully professionally qualified. No
person's name may be submitted unless he
has been found legally and most fully
professionally qualified by a vote of a
majority of the entire authorized
membership of the Commission, taken by
secret ballot AND UNLESS HE HAS BEEN
INTERVIEWED BY THE COMMISSION OR A PANEL
THEREOF.

(d) The Commission shall report to the