HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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not reregister in the same county during the same period with a
party affiliation or nonaffiliation different from his previous
registration.

3-9A.

(a) Within fifteen days after the commencement of the
[four-month] period before a primary election in which voters
already registered shall not be allowed to affiliate with a party
or change party affiliation for purposes of this article,
pursuant to § 3-8(b) of this article, and at other times as
directed by the State Administrative Board of Election Laws, the
board for each county of the State and for the City of Baltimore
shall submit to the State Administrative Board of Election Laws a
report of registration setting forth the following information,
as shown on the books of the respective board as of the date of
the commencement of the [said four-month] period:

(1) The name of each political party with which one
or more registered voters in their respective county or in the
City of Baltimore are then affiliated; and

(2) The total number of registered voters affiliated
with each such political party.

4A-3.

(A)  (1) Except for certificates of candidacy filed by
petition or write-in candidates and as otherwise provided herein,
certificates of candidacy shall be received and filed in the
office of the appropriate board not later than nine p.m. on the
Monday which is ten weeks or seventy days before the day on which
the primary election should be held under the primary election
law.

(2) If the filing date should occur on a legal
holiday, the certificates must be received and filed not later
than nine p.m. on the next regular business day which is not a
legal holiday.

(B)  (1) Certificates of candidacy for an office to be
filled by a special election pursuant to § 22-1(b) of this
article, shall be received and filed in the office of the
appropriate board not later than five p.m. on the Monday which
is three weeks or twenty-one days prior to the special primary
election which is to be held under the Governor's proclamation
setting the date for the special primary election.

(2) If the filing date should occur on a legal
holiday, the certificates must be received and filed not later
than five p.m. on the next regular business day which is not a
legal holiday.

7-1.