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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 255

is registered as an independent or who is a member of or
affiliated with a partisan organization which is not a political
party as defined in this article or who is not a member of a
political party whose nominees must be nominated by means of
primary [elections,] ELECTIONS may be nominated by petition, as
in this section provided.

7-2.

As to any petition under this subtitle, it is unlawful for
any person to:

(1) Refer to the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws or a local [board,] BOARD a petition to which is
attached, appended, or subscribed any signature which the person
knows to be false or fraudulent or not the genuine signature of
the person purporting to sign the petition or of the person whose
name is attached, appended, or subscribed to the petition;

7-3.

With respect to §§ 7-1 and [7-2,] 7-2 of this subtitle, each
violation is a separate offense and a misdemeanor, punishable
under the penalties provided in § 24-27 of this article.

9-1.

(a)  (3) The name of any person who files a certificate of
candidacy, is opposed, and does not withdraw shall appear on the
ballot unless he dies or is disqualified and his death or
disqualification is known to the [Board] BOARD with which the
certificate of candidacy was filed on or before the seventh day
prior to the filing deadline. These provisions do not apply to
the offices of Governor or Lieutenant Governor.

11-2.

(b)  For parties required to select nominees at a primary
election, the central committee for the counties or Baltimore
City shall be selected as provided in this article. Except as
otherwise provided in this section, the central committee for any
county or Baltimore City shall consist of the number of persons
elected from each county and legislative district of Baltimore
City as determined by party constitution. Any person elected to
serve as a member of a party central committee shall be a
resident of the county or Baltimore City, as the case may be, in
which that central committee is located. Upon relinquishing his
residency within that county or Baltimore City a member of a
party central committee shall be considered to have resigned.
Any vacancy in the party central committee for any county or
legislative district of Baltimore City, Anne Arundel or Baltimore
[counties] COUNTY shall be filled by the remaining members of the
committee elected from that county or legislative district of
Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, or Baltimore [counties] COUNTY.
However, any person selected to fill a vacancy in a party central