HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      807

entry of his name, in the precinct book, shall be dealt with as.
in other cases of cancellation.

4A-1.

(a) Each person seeking nomination to any public or party
office at a primary [election,] ELECTION shall file a certificate
of candidacy for nomination in the manner and at the time
provided in this subtitle. Such person who is a candidate for
any State, local, or party office must be a registered voter of
the particular county or district in which he seeks to be
nominated. A candidate for any federal, State, local or party
office shall be affiliated with the party whose nomination or
office he seeks. Before finally placing the name of such a
candidate on the ballot at the succeeding primary election, the
board shall determine that the candidate meets the registration
and affiliation requirements of this section. The requirements
of this section shall not apply to the party affiliation of any
candidate for judicial office for which candidates are permitted
to be listed on the ballot without party designation; but the
requirements shall be applicable to the filling of any vacancy in
any public or party office.

4A-3.

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. 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.
Certificates of candidacy for an office to be filled by a special
election pursuant to § 22-l(b) of this [article,] 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. 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.

4A-6.

(a) Each candidate for nomination to public office at a
primary election shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25)
for the county or Baltimore City in which his name appears upon
the ballot, except as may be otherwise provided in this section.
In any county where the salary of the office for which nomination
is sought is three hundred dollars ($300) or less, the payment
shall be ten dollars ($10). All payments shall be made to the
person with whom the certificate is filed and shall accompany the