HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1923

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 473

(House Bill 1714)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - School Board Elections
MC 204-81

FOR the purpose of specifying the procedure for declining a
nomination for election to the Montgomery County Board
of Education; and making this Act subject to a certain
contingency.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 32-6(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

32-6.

(a) (1) Except as provided in this section,
nominations for membership on the Montgomery County Board of
Education shall be made by petition endorsed by a minimum of
500 voters of the county. Each petition shall be filed with
the Montgomery County board of election supervisors no later
than the deadline specified in § 4A-3 of this article, and
accompanied by a $25 filing fee. Each petition shall
conform generally to the provisions of this article, unless
otherwise specified by this section. Any person may
withdraw as a candidate for nomination by notifying in
writing the board of supervisors of elections of his
intention to withdraw. The withdrawal letter shall be
acknowledged by a notary public and shall be honored by the
board of supervisors of elections only if filed on or before
the date and time established by this article for the
withdrawal of candidates generally. Upon receipt by the
board of supervisors of elections, the petition of candidacy
is void and the name of the candidate who has withdrawn may
not be placed on the primary ballot.