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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 338

sources to a sum equal to 2 cents times the number of
registered voters in Howard County on the first day of
January next preceding the primary or general election.

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

(3)   If the campaign expenditures of any
candidate or nominee exceed the sum permitted under
paragraph (1) of this subsection, that candidate or nominee
shall forfeit any office on the board to which he was
elected.

(c) The board of supervisors of elections of Howard
County shall provide for the election of members of the
Board of Education as herein provided. Provisions shall be
made for use of voting machines, or, in the alternative, for
the use of paper ballots under the conditions herein
prescribed. 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 whereby all registered voters of Howard County,
irrespective of party affiliation, may vote for said
nominees for the board in the primary election or 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
board members, either in a primary election or in a general
election, 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 any said primary or general election.]

[32-5.

(a) (1) Nomination for membership on the Kent County
Board of Education, except as otherwise provided by this
section, shall be by petition endorsed by a minimum of 100
registered voters of Kent County. Each petition shall be
filed with the board of election supervisors for Kent County
not later than 9:00 p.m. on the Monday which is 70 days
before the day on which the primary election is held. Each
petition shall be accompanied by a $25 filing fee. Except
as otherwise provided in this section, each petition shall
conform generally to the laws and requirements of this
article.

(2) If after the expiration of the time allowed
for filing of petitions, there are not more than two