HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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for the use of paper ballots. The names of all candidates
who have been duly qualified under the provisions of this
section for election to the several Board of Education
offices shall, except in the case of death, be placed on the
ballot. The board of supervisors of elections shall provide
the means whereby all registered voters of Carroll County,
irrespective of party affiliation, may vote for the
candidates for the board in the general election. The
candidates, equal to the number of members to be elected to
the board, who receive the largest number of votes at the
general election shall be declared elected for the
respective Board of Education offices. All voting for the
candidates for the board shall be conducted on a nonpartisan
basis and on a general countywide ticket; no designation of
party affiliation shall be placed upon any petition for
nomination, nor upon any voting machine or paper ballot used
at the election.

(c) Nominees and candidates for membership on the
board shall limit their campaign expenditures for all
sources to no more than $500. All candidates and nominees
shall file information relating to their campaign receipts
and expenditures in accordance with the provisions of this
article.]

[32-3.

(a)  The members of the Charles County Board of
Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis, and no
party labels or party identification shall be shown or
displayed with respect to candidates for these positions on
the ballots or ballot labels for either the primary or
general election.

(b)  (1) Nomination for membership on the Charles
County Board of Education shall be by petition signed by at
least 200 voters from the county. Each petition shall be
filed with the board of supervisors of elections of Charles
County not later than 9:00 p.m. on the Monday which is ten
weeks or 70 days before the day on which the primary
election for the political parties is held. Each petition
shall conform generally to the laws and requirements of this
article. Any person so nominated shall be a qualified voter
and resident in the county. Each nominee at the time of
filing his petition shall submit therewith a filing fee in
the amount of $25.

(2) If, after the expiration of the time allowed
for filing petitions by this section, there are no more than
two nominees for the county Board of Education at large for
each member to be elected, the board of supervisors of
elections shall certify the candidates as duly nominated
candidates for election for the respective Board of
Education offices. These names and the name of the position
for which they are candidates shall be omitted from the
ballot required by (3) of this subsection.