WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 674

I. FOR CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES OTHER THAN
DELEGATE TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, not later than
[nine] 9 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.

II. FOR CANDIDATES FOR DELEGATE TO THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, BETWEEN 9 A.M. ON THE FIRST
REGULAR BUSINESS DAY OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IS ELECTED AND 9 P.M. ON THE DAY WHICH IS ONE WEEK
LATER THAN THAT FIRST REGULAR BUSINESS DAY.

12-1.

(a)  The total number of delegates and alternate delegates
to represent the respective political parties at their respective
national conventions shall be ascertained and determined by the
governing body of each party and certified to the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws not later than the first
day of [March] JANUARY in each year in which national conventions
for the nomination of President and Vice-President are held.

(b)  The selection of delegates shall be as follows:

(1)  Selection of delegates to the Democratic national
convention shall be according to §§ 12-2 and 12-3 of this
subtitle;

(2)  Selection of delegates to the Republican national
convention shall be according to § 12-4 of this subtitle; and

(3)  Selection of delegates to the national convention
of any other party shall be according to § 12-5 of this subtitle.

12-4.

(a)  The procedure established in this section shall govern
the selection of delegates to the Republican national convention.

(b)  The Republican State central committee shall certify to
the State Administrative Board of Election Laws the number of
delegates to be elected from each congressional district and the
number of delegates to be elected at large, respectively, as
provided in the rules of the Republican national convention, not
later than the first day of [March] JANUARY in each year in which
national conventions for the nomination of President and
Vice-President are held.

12-6.

(a) Whenever a party uses a primary election to nominate a
candidate for President of the United States, any person who

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