VETOES

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

12-4.

(a)  The procedure established in this section shall govern
the selection of delegates to the Republican national convention.

(b)  The Republican State central committee shall certify to
the State Administrative Board of Election Laws the number of
delegates to be elected from each congressional district and the
number of delegates to be elected at large, respectively, as
provided in the rules of the Republican national convention, not
later than the first day of [March] JANUARY in each year in which
national conventions for the nomination of President and
Vice-President are held.

(c)  The selection of delegates to the Republican national
convention shall be as follows:

(1) Election of District Delegates. (i) There shall

be elected at the primary election the number of delegates from

each congressional district as provided in the rules of the
Republican national convention.

(ii) Each delegate may have placed adjacent to
the delegate's name on the ballot the name of a presidential
candidate, provided that the written permission of the
presidential candidate has been received by the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws not later than 5 p.m. on
the 10th day after the final filing date established in Section
4A-3 of this article.

(iii) If a delegate candidate has received
permission from a presidential candidate to have the presidential
candidate's name placed adjacent to the delegate candidate's name
on the ballot, and such delegate candidate subsequently withdraws
as a candidate pursuant to § 9-1 of this article, another
delegate candidate shall have placed adjacent to the delegate
candidate's name on the ballot the name of that presidential
candidate, if the written permission of that presidential
candidate with respect to such other delegate candidate is filed
with the State Administrative Board of Election Laws not later
than the 5th day after the date on which delegate candidates may
withdraw their candidacy before the primary election.

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