HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b) (1) Nomination for membership on the Prince
George's County Board of Education shall be by petition
endorsed by a minimum of 500 registered voters of Prince
George's County. Each petition shall be filed with the
board of election supervisors for Prince George's County not
later than 9:00 p.m. on the Monday which is 70 days before
the day on which the special primary election is to be held.
Each petition for nomination shall be accompanied by a $25
filing fee. 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 by this section, there are no more
than two nominees for a particular district office, the
board of supervisors of elections shall certify those
candidates as duly nominated candidates for election for
those particular Board of Education offices. Those names
and the name of the position for which they are candidates
shall be omitted from the ballot required by paragraph (3)
of this subsection.

(3)   If after the expiration of the time allowed
for filing of petitions, there are more than two nominees
for a particular district office, the board of supervisors
of elections shall provide the means whereby all duly
registered voters of the county, irrespective of party
affiliation, may vote for the nominees for the board at the
primary election to be held at the time and place for
holding the primary elections of the political parties. In
taking the ballot, voting machines shall be used, provided
however, that if the number of candidates submitted for vote
at the primary elections is too large for the practical use
of voting machines, the board of supervisors of elections
shall supply paper ballots in the usual form for use in
voting. The nominees in the primary election, equal to
twice the number of members to be elected to the particular
board offices, who receive the largest number of votes at
the primary election shall be duly nominated candidates for
election to the board offices. The board of canvassers for
Prince George's County shall, upon the completion of its
canvass of voters at the primary election, determine who are
the duly nominated candidates for election to the respective
board offices and shall certify them to the board of
supervisors of elections of Prince George's County. Any
person who has qualified under this section as a candidate
for nomination to the Board of Education, and who is
required, by virtue of the provisions of this section, to
run in a primary election, may on or before 45 days
preceding the primary election, in a writing signed by him
and acknowledged before an officer duly authorized to take
acknowledgments under the laws of Maryland, notify the board
of supervisors of elections of Prince George's County that
he or she desires to withdraw as a candidate for such
nomination. For the special primary election a candidate