The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
CHAPTER 134.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enacI, Win
amendments, sections 16OA and
16OB of Article 33 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland,
title Elections" subtitle Primary
Elections" as said sections were
enacted by Chapter 2--of the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1912.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
sections 1904 and 1903 Of Article 80
Of the Code Of Public General Laws
Of Maryland, title Elections sub
title Primary Elections" as said Sec
lions were enacted by Chapter 2 OF
the Acts of the General Assembly OF
1912, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amend
ments SO as to read, severally and re-
spectively, as follows, to wit:
1904 Political parties which at the
general elections held on November
End, 1909, in the State of Maryland,
or which at any future general cleo
ton next preceding any primary cleo
ton to be held hereunder, as shall have
pOlled ten per cent of the entire vote
cast in the State at such or any such
general election, shall hereafter NOM
mate all their candidates for public
office in and for Baltimore City, and
the several counties of the State and
for judges and for the House Of Rep
resentatives Of the Federal Congress,
and shall elect all delegates to cOun-
ty, legislative district, congressional,
city and State conventions, and all
members of managing bodies in said
political parties, in and for Baltimore
City and the several counties of the
State, and all precinct, ward, city and
county executives or executive COM
mittees, whenever the political party
usage provides for such executive
committees or any of the same, by
means Of primary elections conducted
under and in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act and not otherwise,
except as herein specifically provided,
and the several boards of super Visors
of elections shall not print on the
official ballot to be voted at any gem
eral or special election to be hereaf-
ter held the name or names of any
election in Baltimore City or any Of
the counties of the State Of any Of
said parties who shall not be SO NOM
mated and whose nomination shall not
be certified to them or to the Secre-
tary of State as having been so
nominated.
Provided that the provisions of this
1o irfp, +1nn i'm a nf
candidates by direct vote shall not ap-
ply to the nomination of such candi-
dates for county offices, State Senate
and members of the House of Dele
gates in the counties Of Howard,
Washington and Worcester, except as
hereinafter provided; but such candi-
dates shall be selected by county con-
ventiOn, delegates to which shall be
selected in all respects as provided
for in this subtitle, and the nomina-
ton of such candidates by such con-
vention shall be duly certified by the
chairman and secretary of such con-
vention to the Board of Election SUI
pervisors of said county; and it shall
be the duty of the said supervisors
to place name of such candidates upon
the official ballots in the manner pre-
scribed by the General Election Laws
of this State
All such candidates for such office,
and all such delegates, managing bod
les, executives and executive commit
tees shall be nominated, selected and
chosen by the direct vote of the duly
registered voters belonging to or act
ing with such parties, respectively,
in every precinct, ward councilmanic,
legislative, congressional, judicial or
other election district in Baltimore
City, and also in the several counties
of the State of Maryland respectively,
and in each and every election pre-
cinct and election district of each Of
said counties of the State of Mary
land, respectively, it being the intent
and purpose of this act that all such
candidates for public Office, all dele
gates to party conventions, and all
managing bodies, executives or execu-
tive committees of any such political
party, whenever the political party
usage provides for such executives or
executive committees, shall be noml-
udCSu ny Tie ulISCI NOIC " IhS ouAJ
registered voters, belonging to and
acting with such parties, respectively,
in Baltimore City, or any precinct,
ward, councilmanic, congressional jul
dicial or legislative district thereof,
or i'm any county, district or precinct
thereof or i'm any congressional or
judicial district, as the case, with re-
spect to any public Office or place or
position aforesaid, may be; and that
no candidate for such public office,
delegates to such conventions, party
executive or executive committee, or
managing body Of any such political
party, as aforesaid, in and for Balti-
more City or the several counties Of
the State, shall be chosen or elected
by any such political convention or
otherwise than by the duly registered
voters belonging to or acting with
said political parties as aforesaid, eX-
cept as hereinafter otherwise provid-
ed.
It shall be lawful for all such parties
aforesaid to elect and hold such party
conventions which shall have full
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