Ch. 12                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

(8B) "Independent" means any voter who has declined
to affiliate with a political party.

(9) "Infamous"" crime" means any felony, treason,
perjury, or any crime involving an element of deceit, fraud or
corruption.

(10) "Judge" means any person designated as a judge
of election and shall include book judges and machine attendants.

(11) The "majority party" means the principal
political party to which the incumbent Governor belongs, if the
incumbent Governor is a member of one of the two principal
political parties; if the incumbent Governor is not a member of
one of the two principal political parties, "majority party"
means the principal political party whose candidate for Governor

received the highest number of votes at the last preceding
general election. The principal "minority party" means the
other of the two principal political parties. The "principal
political parties" mean the two parties whose candidates for
Governor received the highest and second highest number of votes

at the last preceding general election.

(12)  "Partisan organization" means any combination of
two or more persons formed for the purpose of assisting the

promotion of the success or defeat of any candidate, political
party, principle or proposition to be submitted to a vote at any

election.

(13)   "Political agent" means any person appointed by
any candidate, his representative, a political party or partisan
organization to promote or assist in the promotion of the success
or defeat of any candidate, political party, principle or
proposition submitted to a vote at any election.

(14) "Political committee" means any combination of
two or more persons appointed by a candidate or any other person
or formed in any other manner which assists or attempts to assist
in any manner the promotion of the success or defeat of any
candidate, candidates, political party, principle or proposition
submitted to a vote at any election.

(15) "Party" or "political party" as used in this
article means an organized group of the electorate that attempts
to control government through the election of its candidates to
office, and which either:                             

(i) Polled 3 percent or more of the entire vote
cast in the State in the last general election held in the State;

(ii) Filed a valid petition for the formation
of a political party pursuant to § 4B-1 of this article. But, if

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