HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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the write-in candidacy of any person or persons for any public
office to be filled at a general election, is a political
committee for the purposes of this article. The person promoted
for public office under the above circumstances is a "write in
candidate."]

[(b)] (A) A write-in candidate is required to file a
certificate of candidacy for election. The certificate shall be
filed with the same agency as if the write-in candidate were
filing for office under § 4A-2 of this article.

[(c)] (B) The certificate of candidacy for election of a
write-in candidate shall be filed no later than 4 7 days after a
total expenditure of $51 is made BY HIM OR in his behalf by the A
committee promoting AUTHORIZED BY HIM TO PROMOTE his candidacy,
but shall not be filed after noon on the second Tuesday] 30 DAYS
preceding the day of the election for which filed LATER THAN 5:00
P.M. ON THE DAY PRECEDING THE DAY OF THE ELECTION FOR WHICH THE
CERTIFICATE IS FILED.

17-5.

(b) In all general elections where votes have been cast for
WRITE-IN candidates for any offices by the writing-in of such
candidates' names on the ballots, [it shall not be necessary for]
the board of canvassers [to] SHALL transmit a statement of
returns as to such write-in candidates [except as to those
write-in candidates whose votes shall amount to at least one per
centum of the total vote cast for the office for which such
person is a candidate or unless the total number of votes cast
for such write-in candidate shall constitute a plurality of all
votes cast for candidates for such office, in which event a
statement of returns shall be transmitted by said board of
canvassers].

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 386

(House Bill 101)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax -
Taxpayer Submission of Income and Expense Information

FOR the purpose of clarifying that a taxpayer must present income
and expense information at the supervisor's level of appeal