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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 291
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(2) A write-in candidate under § 5-704 of this subtitle.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 5-702.
No changes are made.
5-703.
(a) Except for a candidate for a county board of education, this section applies
to any candidate for public office subject to this title.
(b) A candidate for a public office may be nominated by petition under this
subtitle if the candidate does not seek nomination through a party primary.
(c) (1) A candidate for public office who seeks nomination by petition shall
file a declaration of intent to seek nomination by petition.
(2) The declaration of intent shall be filed with the board at which the
candidate files a certificate of candidacy under Subtitle 3 of this title.
(3) The declaration of intent shall be filed as follows:
(i) In a year in which the Governor is elected or the Baltimore City
municipal election is held, by the date and time specified for a candidate to file a
certificate of candidacy;
(ii) In a year in which the President is elected, by July 1; and
(iii) For a special election to fill a vacancy for Representative in
Congress, by the date and time specified for a candidate to file a certificate of
candidacy in the Governor's proclamation.
(4) A candidate who seeks nomination by petition may not be charged a
fee for filing the declaration of intent.
(d) (1) A candidate for public office who seeks nomination by petition shall
file a certificate of candidacy not later than 5 p.m. on the first Monday in August in
the year of the general election for the office.
(2) Except for the time of filing, the certificate of candidacy for a
candidate who seeks nomination by petition shall comply with the requirements for a
certificate of candidacy under Subtitle 3 of this title.
(e) (1) A candidate who seeks nomination by petition may not have the
candidate's name placed on the general election ballot unless the candidate files with
the appropriate board petitions signed by not less than 1% of the total number of
registered voters who are eligible to vote for the office for which the nomination by
petition is sought, except that the petitions shall be signed by at least 250 registered
voters who are eligible to vote for the office.
(2) The petitions shall be filed as required in Title 6 of this article.
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