Case Title: Nader v. State Bd. of Elections

Citation: 383 Md. 216

Docket Number: 76pc/04

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
No. 76
September Term, 2004
  NADER FOR PRESIDENT 2004, et al.
                v.
 MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
    
Bell, C.J.
Raker
     Wilner
     Cathell
Harrell
Battaglia
     Greene,  
 JJ.
     PER CURIAM ORDER
Filed: September 20, 2004
 
NADER FOR PRESIDENT 2004,
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In the
et al.   
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Court of Appeals
v.      
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of Maryland
     
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No. 76
MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF 
ELECTIONS
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September Term, 2004
PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it
is this 20th day of September, 2004,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of 
the Court concurring, that the judgment of the Circuit Court for 
Anne Arundel County be, and it is hereby, reversed, and, it is 
further
ORDERED that the case is remanded to the Circuit Court for 
Anne Arundel County with directions to enter forthwith a judgment
declaring Maryland Code Election Law Article Section 6-203(b)(2) 
invalid as applied in this case and that the State Board of 
Elections improperly rejected the 542 petition signatures at issue
in this case and it is further
ORDERED that the Circuit Court remand the case to the State 
Board of Elections with directions to accept the 542 petition 
signatures at issue.  Costs to be paid by the appellee.  Mandate
to issue forthwith.
/s/ Robert M. Bell            
               CHIEF JUDGE