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PARRIS N. GLENDENING; Governor Ch. 291
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(b) "Affidavit" means a statement executed under penalty of perjury.
(c) "Chief election official" means:
(1) As to the State Board, the State Administrator; or
(2) As to a local board, the election director.
(d) "Circulator" means an individual who attests to one or more signatures
affixed to a petition.
(e) "Election authority" means:
(1) The State Board; or
(2) As to a local petition, the local board for that county.
(f) "Legal authority" means:
(1) The Attorney General; or
(2) As to a local petition, the county attorney or law department for that
county.
(g) "Local petition" means a petition:
(1) On which the signatures from only one county may be counted; and
(2) That does not seek to:
(i) Refer a public local law enacted by the General Assembly; or
(ii) Nominate an individual for an office for which a certificate of
candidacy is required to be filed with the State Board.
(h) "Page" means a piece of paper comprising a part of a petition.
(i) "Petition" means all of the associated pages necessary to fulfill the
requirements of a process established by the law by which individuals affix their
signatures as evidence of support for:
(1) Placing the name of an individual, the names of individuals, or a
question on the ballot at any election;
(2) The creation of a new political party; or
(3) The appointment of a charter board under Article XI-A, § 1A of the
Maryland Constitution.
(j) "Sponsor" means the person who coordinates the collection of signatures
for a petition and who, if the petition is filed, is named on the information page as
required by § 6-201 of this title.
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REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 6-101.
No changes are made.
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