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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 338

the ballot for that primary election. If the withdrawal of
any candidate reduces the nominees to less than twice the
number of members to be elected to the board, the board of
supervisors of elections shall certify the remaining
candidates as provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection.
No person, who is subject to the authority of the board, may
be certified as a candidate.

(b)  All candidates and nominees shall file information
relating to their campaign expenditures in accordance with
the provisions of this article.

(c)  The board of supervisors of elections of Garrett
County shall provide for the election of members of the
Board of Education. A voter may vote for only one nominee
in each district and only two nominees in the at-large
category. Provisions shall be made for use of voting
machines, or for the use of paper ballots under the
conditions prescribed in this subsection. The names of all
candidates who have been duly nominated under the provisions
of subsection (a) 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 for all registered
voters of Garrett County, irrespective of party affiliation
to vote for the nominees for the board in the primary
election or for the candidates for the board in the general
election. The candidate from each of the three county
commissioner districts who receives the greatest number of
votes cast countywide shall be declared elected to the board
from that county commissioner district. The two candidates
who receive the greatest number of votes of any candidate
seeking election at large shall be declared elected to the
board. All voting for the board members, either in a primary
election or in a general election, shall be conducted on a
nonpartisan basis. No designation of party affiliation may
be placed upon any petition for nomination, nor upon any
voting machine or paper ballot used at any primary or
general election.]

[32-4.

(a) (1) Nomination for membership on the Howard County
Board of Education, except as otherwise herein provided,
shall be by petition endorsed by a minimum of 250 registered
voters of Howard County. Each petition shall be filed with
the board of election supervisors for Howard County not
later than 4:00 p.m. on the Monday which is 70 days before
the day on which the primary election is to be held. Each
petition shall be accompanied by a $10 filing fee. Except
as otherwise in this section provided, each petition shall
conform generally to the laws and requirements of this
article.