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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 338

32-6.

(A)  IF, AT OR ANY TIME AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR THE
WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDACIES, THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES OR
NOMINEES IN ANY CONTEST IS, OR IS REDUCED TO, LESS THAN THE
NUMBER OF OFFICES TO BE FILLED:

(1)  THE NAME OF ANY CANDIDATE OR NOMINEE WHO
DIED, DECLINED A NOMINATION, OR BECAME DISQUALIFIED, SHALL
NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.

(2)  CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION SHALL BE ISSUED
TO THE FILED CANDIDATES NOT THERETOFORE NOMINATED.

(3)  SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,
THE OFFICES TO BE FILLED FOR WHICH THERE IS NO NOMINEE SHALL
BE CONSIDERED VACANT, AND THE VACANCY IN EACH SHALL BE
FILLED AS IF IT HAD OCCURRED DURING THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR
WHICH THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD.

(4)  IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, IF, AFTER THE
PRIMARY ELECTION AND BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION, ONLY 1
CANDIDATE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN
ANY CONTEST AND THAT CANDIDATE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AS A
CANDIDATE FOR ANY REASON, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, SUBJECT TO
CONFIRMATION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL, SHALL APPOINT A DULY
QUALIFIED PERSON TO ASSUME THE CANDIDACY.

(5)  AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, EACH VOTER ELIGIBLE
TO VOTE FOR THAT OFFICE IS ENTITLED TO VOTE, BY ANY METHOD
AUTHORIZED BY LAW, FOR A NUMBER OF NOMINEES EQUAL TO THE
NUMBER OF NOMINEES APPEARING ON THE BALLOT.

(B)  IF A NOMINEE DIES, DECLINES A NOMINATION, OR
BECOMES DISQUALIFIED FOR AN OFFICE TOO LATE FOR THE
FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO BE IMPLEMENTED, THE
NAME OF THE NOMINEE SHALL REMAIN ON THE BALLOT AND, IF THAT
NOMINEE RECEIVES A NUMBER OF VOTES SUFFICIENT FOR ELECTION
PURSUANT TO § 32-5 OF THIS SUBTITLE HAD HE NOT DIED OR BEEN
DISQUALIFIED, THE VACANCY IN OFFICE SHALL BE FILLED AS IF
THE VACANCY HAD OCCURRED DURING THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR WHICH
THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD.

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3-113.

(B) AN INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE
COUNTY BOARD MAY NOT SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD.
AT THE TIME OF FILING A CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY FOR
ELECTION TO A COUNTY BOARD, A PERSON SHALL CERTIFY TO THE
LOCAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTION WHETHER OR NOT HE IS
SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD. THE GOVERNOR
SHALL NOT ISSUE A COMMISSION OF ELECTION TO A PERSON WHO HAS
CERTIFIED AFFIRMATIVELY AND WHO IS ELECTED TO A COUNTY BOARD