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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 291
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No changes are made.
8-805.
(a) (1) If, after the primary election but before the general election, a
nominee dies, declines the nomination, or becomes disqualified before the ballots are
printed or at a time when the ballots can be reprinted, the name of the nominee may
not appear on the ballot.
(2) If the number of remaining nominees is less than the number of
offices to be filled, a new nominee shall be appointed in the same manner as provided
in the Education Article for filling a vacancy on the board of education.
(b) If a nominee dies, declines the nomination, or is disqualified after the
ballots are printed and too late for the ballot to be reprinted, and if that nominee
receives sufficient votes to have been elected, the office shall be deemed vacant and
shall be filled as if the vacancy had occurred during the term of office.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 8-805.
No changes are made.
8-806.
(a) In a general election for board of education members, a voter may vote for
a number of nominees equal to the number of members to be elected.
(b) (1) The nominees, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled,
who receive the largest number of votes in a general election shall be declared elected.
(2) (i) If two or more nominees each receive the lowest number of votes
necessary to qualify for election, creating a tie for the last office to be filled, the office
shall be considered vacant.
(ii) A vacancy occurring under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph
shall be filled:
1. As if the vacancy occurred during the term of office for
which the election is being held; and
2. By the selection of one of the nominees who ties in the
general election.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 8-806.
No changes are made.
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