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Senate Bill No. 9

AN ACT concerning

Presidential Primary Election - Candidates

FOR the purpose of altering the method by which the names of
candidates for President of the United States are
placed on the primary election ballot; deleting

provisions for the designation of presidential

candidates by the Secretary of State; and relating
generally to candidates in the presidential primary
election.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 12-2(a)(l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

12-2.

(a) (1) Whenever a party uses a primary election to
nominate a candidate for President of the United States, any
person [ who desires to run in the primary election] may
become a candidate for nomination IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION
only :(1) BY FILING WITH THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF
ELECTION LAWS, NOT LATER THAN 53 DAYS PRECEDING THE DATE OF
THE PRIMARY ELECTION, THE FOLLOWING:

[(1)] By direction of the Secretary of State
who shall place the name of the candidate upon the ballot no
sooner than 70 days nor later than 53 days preceding LATER
THAN 70 DAYS BEFORE the date set by law for the primary
election when:[ he has determined in his sole discretion
that the candidate's candidacy is generally advocated or
recognized in the news media throughout the United States or
in Maryland, in accordance with the national party rules,
unless the candidate executes and files with the Secretary
of State an affidavit stating without qualification that he
is not and does not intend to become a candidate for the
office in the Maryland primary election;]