WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 648

national conventions for the nomination of President and
Vice-President are held.

(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
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 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
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 the 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.

(2)  Election of At-Large Delegates. There shall be
elected by the Republican State central committee the number of
at-large delegates as provided in the rules of the Republican
national convention.

(3)  Ex Officio Delegates. There shall be no ex
officio delegates to the Republican national convention.

(4)  Selection of Alternates for Elected Delegates.
The elected delegation EACH ELECTED DELEGATE to the national
party convention shall [elect] SELECT the alternative delegates
AN ALTERNATE DELEGATE to the convention.

(5)  Filling of Vacancies. The entire ELECTED
delegation to a national party convention shall fill vacancies
occurring in the office of delegate or alternate delegate.

(d) (1) All the district delegates to the Republican
national convention shall be bound to vote for the candidate of
their party for the office of President of the United States who
receives the highest number of votes within their respective

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