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(c) Each legislative district may be subdivided into 3 single member delegate
districts or into 1 single member delegate district and 1 multimember delegate district.
(d) In any legislative district which contains more than 2 counties or parts of more
than 2 counties[, and where]:
(1) WHERE Delegates are to be elected at large by the voters of the entire
district, a county, or part of a county, may not have more than 1 Delegate residing in that
district; AND
(2) WHERE THE DELEGATES ARE TO BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF A
MULTIMEMBER SUBDISTRICT WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN 2 COUNTIES OR PARTS
OF MORE THAN 2 COUNTIES, A COUNTY OR A PART OF A COUNTY MAY NOT HAVE
MORE THAN 1 DELEGATE RESIDING IN THAT SUBDISTRICT.
(e) (1) The descriptions of legislative districts in this subtitle, including all
references to:
(i) election districts and wards are to the geographical boundaries of
the election districts and wards as they existed as of April 1, 1990; and
(ii) precincts are to the geographical boundaries of the precincts as
reviewed and certified by the local board of supervisors of elections or their designees,
before they were reported to the U.S. Bureau of the Census as part of the 1990 Census
Redistricting Data Program and as those precinct lines are specifically shown on the P.L.
94-171 census block maps provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and as reviewed
and corrected by the Maryland Office of Planning.
(2) Where precincts are split between legislative districts, census tract and
block numbers, as shown on the P.L. 94-171 census block maps provided by the U.S.
Bureau of the Census and referred to in § 2-202, are used to define the boundaries of
legislative districts. All other descriptions of split precincts appearing in § 2-202 are
provided for informational purposes and may not be considered to be legally binding.
Article 33 - Election Code
16-5.
(d) (1) The party designation of each candidate, properly separated from his
name, shall be included on all ballots at any election; provided, however, that the party
name shall consist of one word only.
(2) (I) [In addition, the] THE name of each candidate for public or party
office for which the voters of the entire State or more than one county or legislative
district may vote, shall be identified by the county or city in which said candidate resides.
(II) [If] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, IF there is a provision for the election of delegates who are by law required
to live in a specific county and only a certain number of delegates may be elected from
that county, an elector may not cast a vote for more than that number of candidates from
that specific county.
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