Ch. 46

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 46

(Senate Bill 845)

AN ACT concerning.

Baltimore City Primary Election - Declination of Nomination

FOR the purpose of establishing a deadline for the declination of
nomination in the year in which the Mayor of the City of
Baltimore is elected.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code
Section 9-1

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 33 - Election Code

9-1.

(a)  The times designated in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
section for declining nominations and for withdrawal of
certificates of candidacy and for board offices to be open are
mandatory and the provisions of these paragraphs shall also be
applicable to municipal elections in Baltimore City. The
provisions of these paragraphs shall not be applicable to
elections pursuant to § 22-l(b) of this article, and any right of
withdrawal in such elections shall be limited to whatever is set
forth in the Governor's proclamation, provided, however, that
said proclamation by the Governor must contain a provision which
allows any person who has filed a certificate of candidacy
pursuant to § 22-l(b) of this article to withdraw such
certificate within two days after the final filing date as
established in § 4A-3 of this article.

(b)  (1) Whenever any person who has filed a certificate of
candidacy for nomination in any primary election shall, in a
writing signed by him, and acknowledged before a notary public,
notify the officer or board with whom the certificate of
candidacy is required to be filed by this article, within 10 days
after the final filing date established in § 4A-3 of this article
that he desires to withdraw as a candidate for such nomination,
the certificate of candidacy shall thereupon be and become void;

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