Ch. 222                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(III) PROVISIONS FOR HOW, IF A CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE
WITHDRAWS IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 5-502(B) OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE
WITHDRAWING CANDIDATE'S NAME WOULD HAVE APPEARED ON THE BALLOT
ADJACENT TO THE NAME OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, THAT PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE WILL DESIGNATE A REPLACEMENT CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE NO
LATER THAN 2 DAYS AFTER THE DEADLINE ESTABLISHED IN § 5-502(B) OF THIS
ARTICLE; AND

[(iii)] (IV) any other provisions of the national party rules of the
party that relate to the election of delegates or alternate delegates at the primary
election.

8-502.

(a)     This section applies to the placement on the ballot in the primary election
of the names of individuals who are candidates for nomination by principal political
parties to the office of President of the United States.

(b)     An individual who desires to run in the primary election may be placed on
the ballot only:

(1)     by direction of the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection
(c) of this section; or

(2)     by filing, in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, a petition
containing the signatures of at least 400 registered voters from each congressional
district in the State.

(c)      (1) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the
Secretary of State shall certify to the State Board the names of candidates for
nomination by a principal political party during the period beginning 90 days before
the primary election and ending [70] 80 days before the primary election.

(ii) The Secretary of State shall certify to the State Board the
names of candidates for the Democratic Party nomination on the first business day in
the year of the election.

(2) The Secretary of State shall certify the name of a presidential
candidate on the ballot when the Secretary has determined, in the Secretary's sole
discretion and consistent with party rules, that the candidate's candidacy is generally
advocated or recognized in the news media throughout the United States or in
Maryland, unless the candidate executes and files with the Secretary of State an
affidavit stating without qualification that the candidate is not and does not intend to
become a candidate for the office in the Maryland primary election.

(d)     [(1)] A candidate who seeks to be placed on the ballot by the petition
process specified in subsection (b)(2) of this section shall file the petition, in the form
prescribed by the State Board, as follows:

[(i)] (1) for candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party,
not later than [9] 5 p.m. on the day that is 1 week later than the first business day of
the year of the election; and

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