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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 394

9-2.

(a)   Should any nominee die before election day or
decline the nomination, as in this subtitle provided, or
should any certificate of nomination be or become
insufficient or inoperative from any cause occurring after
the period of time for the filling of vacancies in party
nominations as is prescribed by § 4A-5 of this article, the
vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned shall be filled in the
manner prescribed.

(b)   In the event of any vacancy occurring because of
the death or resignation of any person nominated for any
State STATEWIDE or judicial office, or as a candidate [for
member of the Congress of the United States or] for United
States Senator, under provisions of the preceding sections
of this article, [such] THE vacancy shall be filled by the
central committee, FOR THE ENTIRE STATE, of the political
party to which [said] THE nominee belongs.

(c)  A certificate of nomination to fill a vacancy
shall be filed with the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws, which shall, in certifying the nomination to
the boards, insert the name of the person who has been
nominated to fill a vacancy in place of that of the original
nominee; and in case it has already sent forth his
certificate, it shall forthwith certify to the boards the
name and description of the person so nominated to fill a
vacancy, the office for which he is nominated, the party or
political principle he represents and the name of the person
for whom he is substituted.

9-3.

[In a State legislative district comprising more than
one county, or in a State delegate district comprising more
than one county, any] WHERE TERRITORY FROM MORE THAN 1
COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, A STATE
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, OR A STATE DELEGATE DISTRICT:

(1)  A vacancy occurring because of the death or
resignation of any person nominated for REPRESENTATIVE IN
CONGRESS, State Senator or member of the House of Delegates
in such [legislative district or delegate] district shall be
filled by vote of the central committees of the party in
each of those counties in the district.

(2)  The central committee of each county
involved shall cast a vote proportionate to its share of the
population of the district where the vacancy exists.

(3)   [Such] THE population shall be based on the
most recent decennial United States census.