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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 291
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8-103.
(a) In the event of a state of emergency, declared by the Governor in
accordance with the provisions of law, that interferes with the electoral process, the
emergency proclamation may:
(1) Provide for the postponement, until a specific date, of the election in
part or all of the State;
(2) Specify alternate voting locations; or
(3) Specify alternate voting systems.
(b) (1) If emergency circumstances, not constituting a declared state of
emergency, interfere with the electoral process, the State Board or a local board, after
conferring with the State Board, may petition a circuit court to take any action the
court considers necessary to provide a remedy that is in the public interest and
protects the integrity of the electoral process.
(2) The State Board shall develop guidelines concerning methods for
addressing possible emergency situations.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 8-103.
No changes are made.
Subtitle 2. Primary Elections.
8-201.
(a) (1) There shall be a statewide primary election in every even-numbered
year.
(2) A primary election shall be held:
(i) In the year in which the Governor is elected, on the second
Tuesday after the first Monday in September; and
(ii) In the year in which the President of the United States is
elected, on the first Tuesday in March.
(b) In Baltimore City, there shall be a primary election for municipal offices on
the second Tuesday following the first Monday in September in the year following the
election of the Governor.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 8-201.
No changes are made.
8-202.
(a) A principal political party, as determined by the statement of registration
issued by the State Board under § 3-509(b) of this article:
(1) Shall use the primary election to:
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