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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 48

(J) ALL PAPERS DELIVERED TO A BOARD PURSUANT TO
THIS SUBSECTION AND REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS PURSUANT TO § 4A-2,
AFTER VERIFICATION AND ENDORSEMENT AS REQUIRED, SHALL BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED BY THE BOARD TO THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS, ON THE MONDAY
WHICH IS FIVE WEEKS OR 35 DAYS BEFORE THE DAY ON WHICH
THE PRIMARY ELECTION SHOULD BE HELD UNDER THE PRIMARY
ELECTION LAW OR, IN THE CASE OF CANDIDATES FOR AN OFFICE
TO BE FILLED PURSUANT TO § 22-1(B) OF THIS ARTICLE, ON OR
BEFORE THE MONDAY WHICH IS TWO WEEKS OR 14 DAYS BEFORE
THE DAY ON WHICH THE SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IS TO BE
HELD UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION.

(K) THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION
LAWS SHALL DETERMINE THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE PERCENTANGE
OF REGISTERED VOTERS SIGNING PETITIONS IN THOSE CASES IN
WHICH CANDIDATES FILE CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION OR OF
CANDIDACY IN ITS OFFICE. IN ALL OTHER INSTANCES, THE
DETERMINATION SHALL BE MADE BY THE LOCAL BOARDS.

(L) IF THE TOTAL REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES IS
NOT PROPERLY APPENDED TO THE PETITION, IT SHALL BE
DECLARED INSUFFICIENT, AND THE NAME OF THE PROPOSED
CANDIDATE MAY NOT BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT.

(M) UNLESS PROVIDED OTHERWISE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SECTION APPLY TO CANDIDATES OR NOMINATIONS FOR
ELECTION TO A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three—fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 16, 1976.

CHAPTER 49

(Senate Bill 31)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Case Appeals - Right of the State

FOR the purpose of extending the right of the State to
appeal in certain criminal cases; and giving the
extension only prospective effect.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,