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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 291
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(b) When the State Board is notified by a local board of a change in
nomination under subsection (a) of this section or when a certificate of designation
and a certificate of candidacy to fill a vacancy in nomination is filed directly with the
State Board under this subtitle, the State Board shall:
(1) Certify the nomination and substitute, for the name of the original
nominee, the name of the individual who has been designated and determined to be
qualified to have that individual's name placed on the ballot as a successor nominee;
and
(2) Certify the new nomination to the appropriate local boards.
(c) If the State Board has already issued a certificate of nomination for a
nominee under this section, it promptly shall certify to the appropriate local boards:
CD The name and residence of the individual designated by the State
central committee of the political party as the successor nominee to fill the vacancy;
(2) The office for which the successor nominee is nominated;
(3) The political party the successor nominee represents; and
(4) The name of the individual for whom the successor nominee is
substituted.
(d) If a successor nominee to fill a vacancy in office is certified by the State
Board under this section, the certificate of nomination for the prior nominee is void.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 5-1001.
No changes are made.
5-1002.
(a) This section applies only to a nominee for statewide office, except for a
Governor and Lieutenant Governor unit.
(b) (1) A vacancy in nomination that occurs because a nominee dies, declines
the nomination, or is disqualified for any cause shall be filled by the State central
committee of the political party to which the nominee belongs.
(2) By the later of the [fortieth] 40TH day before the general election or
the fifth day following the death, declination, or disqualification of the former
nominee:
(i) The State central committee shall file a certificate of
designation for the nominee with the State Board; and
(ii) The successor nominee designated by the State central
committee under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall file a certificate of
candidacy with the State Board.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 5-1002.
The only changes are in style.
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