HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2763

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

12-2.

(b)  (3) (I) With the written permission of a presidential
candidate filed with the State Administrative Board of Election
Laws [at least 53 days prior to the primary election] NOT LATER
THAN 5 P.M. ON THE 10TH DAY AFTER THE FINAL FILING DATE
ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 4A-3 OF THIS ARTICLE, a DELEGATE candidate
shall have placed adjacent to his name on the ballot the name of
a presidential candidate or the word "uncommitted".

(II) IF A DELEGATE CANDIDATE HAS RECEIVED
PERMISSION FROM A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE'S NAME PLACED ADJACENT TO THE NAME OF THE DELEGATE
CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT, AND SUCH DELEGATE CANDIDATE SUBSEQUENTLY
WITHDRAWS AS A CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO § 9-1 OF THIS ARTICLE,
ANOTHER DELEGATE CANDIDATE SHALL HAVE PLACED ADJACENT TO THAT
DELEGATE CANDIDATE'S NAME ON THE BALLOT THE NAME OF THAT
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, IF THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THAT
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH OTHER DELEGATE
CANDIDATE IS FILED WITH THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF
ELECTION LAWS NOT LATER THAN THE 5TH DAY AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH
DELEGATE CANDIDATES MAY WITHDRAW THEIR CANDIDACY BEFORE THE
PRIMARY ELECTION.

12-4.

(c)  The selection of delegates to the Republican national
convention shall be as follows:

(1) Election of District Delegates. (i) There shall
be elected at the primary election the number of delegates from
each congressional district as provided in the rules of the
Republican national convention.

(ii) Each delegate may have placed adjacent to
[his] THE DELEGATE'S name on the ballot the name of a
presidential candidate, provided that the written permission of
the presidential candidate has been received by the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws [at least 53 days prior to
the date of the primary election] NOT LATER THAN 5 P.M. ON THE
10TH DAY AFTER THE FINAL FILING DATE ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 4A-3
OF THIS ARTICLE.

(III) IF A DELEGATE CANDIDATE HAS RECEIVED
PERMISSION FROM A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE'S NAME PLACED ADJACENT TO THE DELEGATE CANDIDATE'S NAME