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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 338

vote for said nominees for the county Board of Education at
the election held in November for other nominees of the
political parties. All voting shall be conducted on a
nonpartisan basis, and no designation of party affiliation
shall be placed upon any petition, for nomination, nor upon
any voting machine or paper ballot used at said election.]

32-1.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE RELATING TO THE
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF CANDIDATES TO PUBLIC OFFICE SHALL
APPLY TO AND GOVERN THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF
CANDIDATES FOR AN ELECTED COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE AND IN TITLE 3 OF THE
EDUCATION ARTICLE.

32-2.

MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED ON A
NONPARTISAN BASIS. CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO
BOARDS OF EDUCATION SHALL FILE CERTIFICATES OF CANDIDACY, BE
CERTIFIED TO THE BALLOT, APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, BE VOTED
UPON, AND BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED WITHOUT PARTY DESIGNATION
AND WITHOUT REGARD TO PARTY AFFILIATION. NO PROVISION OF
THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON
BOARDS OF EDUCATION IF THE PROVISION REQUIRES FOR ITS
OPERATION A CONTEST BETWEEN OR THE EXISTENCE OF POLITICAL
PARTIES.

32-3.

(A)  NO INDIVIDUAL MAY BE A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR
ELECTION TO A BOARD OF EDUCATION UNLESS THE QUALIFICATIONS
THEREFOR IN THE EDUCATION ARTICLE AND THIS ARTICLE ARE
SATISFIED. BEFORE CERTIFYING THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE TO
APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THAT THE
CANDIDATE SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW THEREFOR,
EXCEPT IN CHARLES COUNTY, NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE REQUIRED OR
PERMITTED TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE BY FILING A PETITION.

(B) NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF 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 10 WEEKS OR
70 DAYS BEFORE THE DAY ON WHICH THE PRIMARY ELECTION FOR THE
POLITICAL PARTIES IS HELD. A PERSON NOMINATED SHALL BE A
QUALIFIED VOTER AND RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY. EACH NOMINEE
SHALL PAY A FILING FEE OF $25 WHEN THE PETITION IS FILED.

32-4.

(A) SUBJECT TO THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,
IN EACH YEAR THAT ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF A BOARD OF
EDUCATION ARE TO BE ELECTED, CANDIDATES THEREFOR SHALL BE