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2485
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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The elected delegation to the national party convention shall
elect the alternate delegates to the convention.
(5) Filling of Vacancies. The entire delegation to a
national party convention shall fill vacancies occurring in the
office of delegate or alternate delegate.
[(b)] (6) All the district delegates to [a] THE REPUBLICAN
national convention shall be bound to vote for the candidate of
their party for the office of President of the United States who
receives the highest number of votes within their respective
congressional district at the primary election, and the ex
officio delegates and the at-large delegates elected by the
district delegates as herein provided shall be bound to vote for
the candidate who receives the highest total number of votes at
the primary election in the State. All delegates shall be so
bound until the candidate for President of the United States is
nominated by the convention, receives less than 35 percent of the
votes for nomination by the convention, or releases the
delegation, or until two convention nominating ballots have been
taken. [The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any
delegates to Democratic national conventions.]
[(c) After the primary each Democratic presidential
candidate receives a number of congressional district delegates
based on the percentage of the votes attained in that district.
These district delegates shall vote for this candidate on the
first ballot taken at the Democratic National Convention. Each
Democratic presidential candidate receives a number of at-large
delegates based on the percentage of the total vote attained
statewide in the Maryland primary. These at-large delegates
shall vote for this candidate on the first ballot taken at the
National Democratic Convention. Based on the percentage of votes
tabulated as uncommitted in the primary election, a number of
district delegates and at-large delegates also may go to the
convention as uncommitted to any candidate.]
[(d)] (C) In the case of a political party which is not
entitled to nominate candidates for public office by means of
primary elections, subsections (a)[, (b), and (c)] AND (B) of
this section shall not apply and in lieu thereof delegates and
alternate delegates to represent the political party at its
national convention shall be elected at a party convention in
accordance with the lawful rules and practices of the party.
(D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE
CONTRARY, A FEE MAY NOT BE CHARGED FOR FILING A CERTIFICATE OF
CANDIDACY FOR ELECTION AS DELEGATE TO A NATIONAL CONVENTION.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
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