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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 790

the person nominated shall comply with the provisions of
this paragraph for declining nomination, such nomination
shall be void; and the name of any person so withdrawing
shall not be printed upon the ballots.

(2)  Board offices shall be open, and
certificates of declination of candidacy shall be accepted
until 5 p.m., on the last day for declining.

(3)  THE NAME OF ANY PERSON NOMINATED FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE SHALL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT UNLESS HE DECLINES THE
NOMINATION, DIES, OR IS DISQUALIFIED, AND A CERTIFICATE OF
NOMINATION TO FILL THE VACANCY SO CREATED IS TIMELY FILED.
THESE PROVISIONS DO NOT APPLY TO THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR OR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

9-5.

(A)   [In the case of any nominee dying within so short
a time before the day of election that the] IF A certificate
of nomination of [the] A new nominee [shall not have been]
IS filed with [or] AND certified to the board within the
time period prescribed by this article[, thus being] BUT too
late for the name of the new nominee to be printed on the
ballots in any county or the City of Baltimore, as
hereinafter provided, the board shall at once cause to be
printed a sufficient number of stickers bearing the name of
the substitute nominee, and shall deliver the same in due
time to the judges for all those precincts wherein the
nominee may be voted for, and these judges shall affix the
stickers in the proper place on each ballot or ballot label.
If punchcard voting has been authorized in Montgomery County
pursuant to the provisions of § 16A-1 of this article, the
board at once shall cause the ballots to be reprinted with
the correct names. [If the death is known to the board of
elections less than 10 days before the day of the election
and] IF the board determines that it is impossible to
reprint the ballot, the board [of elections], after
consultation with the State Administrator, shall take all
appropriate measures to notify the voters of the death, the
procedure to be used by the voter to record his vote, and
the procedure to be used by the board for the conduct of the
canvass.

(B)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO
CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION MAY BE FILED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE
DAY OF THE ELECTION. THESE PROVISIONS DO NOT APPLY TO THE
OFFICES OF GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

9-6.

IF THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE OR NOMINEE WHO HAS DECLINED
THE NOMINATION, DIED, OR BEEN DISQUALIFIED APPEARS ON THE
BALLOT AS HEREINABOVE PROVIDED AND RECEIVES A NUMBER OF
VOTES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT FOR NOMINATION OR
ELECTION HAD THAT CANDIDATE OR NOMINEE NOT DECLINED THE
NOMINATION, DIED, OR BEEN DISQUALIFIED, THE VACANCY SO