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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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H.B. 1434
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(i) if delegates are to be elected by district, the number of
delegates to be elected from each district:
(ii) provisions for placing on the ballot the name of a
presidential candidate, or the word "uncommitted", adjacent to the name of each
candidate for delegate:
(iii) provisions for how, if a candidate for delegate withdraws in
accordance with § 5-502 [(b)] of this article and the withdrawing candidate's name
would have appeared on the ballot adjacent to the name of a presidential candidate.
that presidential candidate will designate a replacement candidate for delegate no
later than [2] 5 days after the deadline established in § 5-502[(b)] of this article: and
(iv) any other provisions of the national party rules of the party
that relate to the election of delegates or alternate delegates at the primary election.
8-502.
(a) This section applies to the placement on the ballot in the primary election
of the names of individuals who are candidates for nomination by principal political
parties to the office of President of the United States.
(b) An individual who desires to run in the primary election may be placed
on the ballot only:
(1) by direction of the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection
(c) of this section: or
(2) by filing, in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, a
petition containing the signatures of at least 400 registered voters from each
congressional district in the State.
(c) (1) [(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph,
the] THE Secretary of State shall certify to the State Board the names of candidates
for nomination by a principal political party during the period beginning 90 days
before the primary election and ending 80 days before the primary election.
[(ii) The Secretary of State shall certify to the State Board the
names of candidates for the Democratic Party nomination on the first business day in
the year of the election.]
(2) The Secretary of State shall certify the name of a presidential
candidate on the ballot when the Secretary has determined, in the Secretary's sole
discretion and consistent with party rules, that the candidate's candidacy is generally
advocated or recognized in the news media throughout the United States or in
Maryland, unless the candidate executes and files with the Secretary of State an
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