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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 291
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(2) Each candidate to a party central committee who is certified by the
local board to have been elected to that position.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 5-705.
No changes are made.
5-706.
(a) This section does not apply to:
(1) A candidate for the office of judge of the circuit court;
(2) A candidate selected by a political party to fill a vacancy in
nomination under Subtitle 9 or Subtitle 10 of this title; or
(3) A candidate defeated in a presidential preference primary.
(b) The name of a candidate who is defeated for the nomination for a public
office may not appear on the ballot at the next succeeding general election as a
candidate for any office.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 5-706.
No changes are made.
Subtitle 8. Declination of Nomination.
5-801.
(a) A nominee may decline the nomination by filing a certificate of declination
on the prescribed form.
(b) The certificate of declination shall be under oath and filed:
(1) With the board at which the certificate of candidacy was filed; and
(2) (i) In the year of a gubernatorial election or the year of an election
for the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, within 2 days after the election results are
certified; or
(ii) In the year of a presidential election, by the 70th day preceding
the general election.
(c) If a certificate of declination is filed under this section:
(1) The certificate of nomination to which the certificate of declination
relates is void;
(2) A vacancy in nomination is created to be filled in accordance with the
provisions of Subtitle 10 of this title;
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(3) The name of the individual who declined the nomination may not
appear on the ballot unless the individual is selected to fill that vacancy; and
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