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MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 1 - Elections Generally|Section 8-103 - Emergencies

    (a)    In the event of a state of emergency, declared by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of law, that interferes with the electoral process, the emergency proclamation may:        (1)    provide for the postponement, until a specific date, of the election in part or all of the State;        (2)    specify alternate voting locations; or        (3)    specify alternate voting systems.    (b)    (1)    If emergency circumstances, not constituting a declared state of emergency, interfere with the electoral process, the State Board or a local board, after conferring with the State Board, may petition a circuit court to take any action the court considers necessary to provide a remedy that is in the public interest and protects the integrity of the electoral process.        (2)    The State Board shall develop guidelines concerning methods for addressing possible emergency situations.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 2 - Primary Elections|Section 8-201 - Date of the Primary

    (a)    (1)    There shall be a statewide primary election in every even–numbered year.        (2)    A primary election shall be held:            (i)    in the year in which the Governor is elected, on the last Tuesday in June; and            (ii)    in the year in which the President of the United States is elected, on the fourth Tuesday in April.    (b)    In Baltimore City, there shall be a primary election for municipal offices on the fourth Tuesday in April in the year in which the President of the United States is elected.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 2 - Primary Elections|Section 8-202 - Political Parties Using the Primary

    (a)    A principal political party, as determined by the statement of registration issued by the State Board:        (1)    shall use the primary election to:            (i)    nominate its candidates for public office; and            (ii)    elect all members of the local central committees of the political party; and        (2)    may use the primary election in the year of a presidential election to elect delegates to a national presidential nominating convention.    (b)    Except for a nominee for President or Vice President, the name of a nominee of a principal political party may not appear on the ballot in a general election if the individual has not:        (1)    been nominated in the primary election; or        (2)    been designated to fill a vacancy in nomination in accordance with Title 5 of this article.    (c)    If a political party chooses to permit voters not affiliated with the party to vote in the party’s primary election, the chairman of the party’s State central committee shall so notify the State Board at least 6 months before the date of the primary election.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 2 - Primary Elections|Section 8-203 - Certification of Candidates

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in accordance with Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article, the State Board shall certify to the local board of a county the names of candidates on the primary election ballots in that county.    (b)    This section does not apply to a special primary election for the office of Representative in Congress.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 2 - Primary Elections|Section 8-204 - Unopposed Candidates

    If a candidate qualifies for the primary election ballot in accordance with § 5-601 of this article, and is unopposed for the nomination, the word “unopposed” shall be placed next to the candidate’s name.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 2 - Primary Elections|Section 8-205 - Write-in Votes Prohibited

    A voter may not cast a write-in vote in a primary election.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 3 - General Elections|Section 8-301 - Date of General Election

    (a)    (1)    There shall be a statewide general election in each even–numbered year.        (2)    A statewide general election shall be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.    (b)    In Baltimore City, there shall be a general election for municipal offices on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in the year in which the President of the United States is elected.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 4 - Special Elections|Section 8-401 - Time of Special Elections

    (a)    A special primary election and a special general election may be held at a time other than the date of a regular primary election and a regular general election:        (1)    to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress; or        (2)    to fill a vacancy in the county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive if the charter of that county provides for special elections.    (b)    (1)    Special elections to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress shall be held at the time specified in Subtitle 7 of this title.        (2)    (i)    Special elections to fill vacancies in a county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive shall be held as provided in the county charter.            (ii)    The date set for the special election to fill a vacancy under this paragraph shall allow at least 45 days between the date a local board makes an absentee ballot available to an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter, as defined under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, and the date of the special election.    (c)    An election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator shall be held concurrently with a regular election as provided in Subtitle 6 of this title.    (d)    The State Board shall adopt regulations to establish requirements concerning:        (1)    notice to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters concerning a special election; and        (2)    the process for absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to:            (i)    request an absentee ballot for a special election; and            (ii)    return an absentee ballot by mail in a timely manner.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 5 - Presidential Elections|Section 8-501 - Selection of Convention Delegates and Alternate Delegates

    (a)    Delegates and alternate delegates to the national presidential nominating convention of a political party shall be selected as provided in the national party rules of the party.    (b)    The State central committee of each political party shall certify to the State Board, not later than October 1 in the year preceding the election:        (1)    the number of delegates and alternate delegates to be selected in the State and the mode or modes of selection; and        (2)    in the case of a principal political party:            (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 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 5 days after the deadline established in § 5–502 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.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 5 - Presidential Elections|Section 8-502 - Candidates for President -- Primary Election

    (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)    The Secretary of State shall certify to the State Board the names of candidates for nomination by a principal political party no later than 113 days before the primary 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 affidavit stating without qualification that the candidate is not and does not intend to become a candidate for the office in the Maryland primary election.    (d)    A candidate who seeks to be placed on the ballot by the petition process specified in subsection (b)(2) of this section shall file the petition, in the form prescribed by the State Board, on the 95th day before the day of the election.    (e)    The State Board shall establish a procedure for the Democratic presidential primary through which votes may be cast as uncommitted to any presidential candidate.    (f)    The names of the candidates for President qualifying under this section shall be certified to the local boards by the State Board and shall be printed on all ballots used for the primary election.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 5 - Presidential Elections|Section 8-503 - Presidential Electors -- Nomination

    (a)    Each political party shall nominate or provide for the nomination of candidates for presidential elector of the party in accordance with party rules.    (b)    The number of candidates nominated by each political party shall be the number that this State is entitled to elect.    (c)    (1)    The names and residential addresses of individuals nominated as candidates for presidential elector by a political party shall be certified to the State Board by the presiding officers of the political party.        (2)    The names and residential addresses of individuals nominated as candidates for presidential elector by a candidate for President of the United States who is nominated by petition shall be certified to the State Board by the candidate.        (3)    The electors shall be certified to the State Board at least 30 days before the general election.    (d)    If the number of presidential electors nominated is less than or greater than the State’s number of electoral votes, presidential electors shall be nominated as provided for under Article III of § 8–5A–01 of this title.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 5 - Presidential Elections|Section 8-504 - Presidential Electors -- Election

    (a)    (1)    At the general election for President and Vice President of the United States there shall be elected, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the number of presidential electors to which this State is entitled.        (2)    Presidential electors shall be elected under the procedure provided in § 8–5A–01 of this title.    (b)    (1)    The names of the candidates for the office of presidential elector may not be printed on the ballot.        (2)    A vote for the candidates for President and Vice President of a political party shall be considered to be and counted as a vote for each of the presidential electors of the political party nominated in accordance with § 8–503 of this subtitle.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 5 - Presidential Elections|Section 8-505 - Presidential Electors -- Meeting

    (a)    (1)    The individuals elected to the office of presidential elector shall meet in the State House in the City of Annapolis on the day provided by the Constitution and laws of the United States.        (2)    The conduct of the meeting shall be consistent with the requirements of federal law.    (b)    (1)    Before proceeding to perform the duties of their office, the presidential electors who are present shall fill any vacancy in the office of elector, whether the vacancy is caused by absence or other reason.        (2)    An individual appointed to fill a vacancy is entitled to all rights and privileges of the duly elected electors.    (c)    After taking the oath prescribed by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution before the Clerk of the Court of Appeals or, in the Clerk’s absence, before one of the Clerk’s deputies, the presidential electors shall cast their votes for the candidates for President and Vice President who received a plurality of the votes cast in the national popular vote total defined in § 8–5A–01 of this title.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 6 - United States Senators|Section 8-601 - Year of Elections

    Except for a special election to fill a vacancy, an election for the office of United States Senator shall be held:         (1)    in 1998 and every sixth year thereafter; and        (2)    in 2000 and every sixth year thereafter.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 6 - United States Senators|Section 8-602 - Special Election to Fill Vacancy

    (a)    (1)    (i)    If there is a vacancy in the office of United States Senator, the Governor shall appoint an eligible individual to fill the vacancy as provided in this paragraph.            (ii)    The Governor shall appoint one of three individuals whose names are submitted to the Governor in writing, within 30 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, by the State Central Committee of the political party, if any, with which the vacating Senator had been affiliated at the time of the Senator’s last election or appointment.            (iii)    Each individual whose name is submitted to the Governor must have been a registered voter affiliated with the political party of the vacating Senator on the date immediately preceding the date on which the vacancy occurred.            (iv)    The Governor shall make the appointment within 15 days after names are submitted by the State Central Committee of the appropriate political party.            (v)    If names are not submitted by the State Central Committee of the appropriate political party within 30 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, the Governor shall appoint within another period of 15 days any qualified individual who was a registered voter affiliated with the political party of the vacating Senator on the date immediately preceding the date on which the vacancy occurred.            (vi)    If the vacating Senator was not affiliated with a political party at the time of the Senator’s last election or appointment, the Governor shall appoint any qualified individual within 15 days after the occurrence of the vacancy.        (2)    Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the appointed individual shall serve until a successor is elected pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to fill the remainder of the term.        (3)    The appointed individual shall serve for the remainder of the term if the vacancy occurs after the date that is 21 days before the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy for the election that is held in the fourth year of the term.    (b)    If the vacancy occurs on or before the date that is 21 days before the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy for the next succeeding regular statewide election, the Governor shall issue a proclamation immediately after the occurrence of the vacancy declaring that a special primary election and a special general election shall be held at the same time as the next regular statewide primary election and regular statewide general election.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-711 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 7 - Representatives in Congress|Section 8-711 - Congressional Vacancy -- Certification of Candidates and Nominees

    (a)    At least 55 days before the special primary election, the State Board shall certify to the appropriate local boards the name, residence, and party affiliation of each candidate who qualifies to appear on the special primary election ballot.    (b)    At least 55 days before the special general election, the State Board shall certify to the appropriate local boards the name, residence, and party affiliation of each nominee who qualifies to appear on the special general election ballot.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 8 - Boards of Education|Section 8-801 - Applicability

    Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle and in Title 3 of the Education Article, the provisions of this article relating to the nomination and election of candidates to public office shall govern the nomination and election of members to an elected county board of education.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 8 - Boards of Education|Section 8-802 - Nonpartisan Election

    (a)    (1)    (i)    Members of boards of education shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis.            (ii)    In a primary election to nominate board of education candidates, any registered voter of the county, regardless of party affiliation or lack of party affiliation, is eligible to vote in those contests for nomination.        (2)    Candidates for election to boards of education shall, without party designation or regard to party affiliation:            (i)    file certificates of candidacy;            (ii)    be certified to the ballot;            (iii)    appear on the ballot;            (iv)    be voted on; and            (v)    be nominated and elected.    (b)    This section does not apply to candidates for nomination or election to a board of education if Title 3 of the Education Article requires a partisan election.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 8 - Boards of Education|Section 8-803 - Qualification for Candidacy

    (a)    Before certifying the name of a board of education candidate to appear on the ballot, the local board shall determine whether the candidate qualifies as provided under Title 3 of the Education Article and Title 5 of this article.    (b)    Unless Title 3 of the Education Article requires a partisan election, an individual may not qualify as a board of education candidate or nominee by filing a petition or being nominated by a political party.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-804 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 8 - Boards of Education|Section 8-804 - Primary Elections

    (a)    In each year that one or more members of a board of education are to be elected, candidates shall be nominated at the primary election.    (b)    (1)    If a candidate dies or becomes disqualified before the ballots are printed, or at a time when the ballots can be reprinted, the name of the candidate may not appear on the ballot.        (2)    If a candidate dies or becomes disqualified after the ballots are printed and too late for the ballot to be reprinted, any votes cast for that candidate may not be counted.    (c)    (1)    The candidates, equal in number to twice the number of offices to be filled, who receive the largest number of votes in the primary election shall be the nominated candidates.        (2)    If two or more candidates each receive the lowest number of votes necessary to qualify for nomination, creating a tie for the last nomination for the office to be filled, each shall be a nominated candidate.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-805 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 8 - Boards of Education|Section 8-805 - Vacancies in Nomination

    (a)    (1)    If, after the primary election but before the general election, a nominee dies, declines the nomination, or becomes disqualified before the ballots are printed or at a time when the ballots can be reprinted, the name of the nominee may not appear on the ballot.        (2)    If the number of remaining nominees is less than the number of offices to be filled, a new nominee shall be appointed in the same manner as provided in the Education Article for filling a vacancy on the board of education.    (b)    If a nominee dies, declines the nomination, or is disqualified after the ballots are printed and too late for the ballot to be reprinted, and if that nominee receives sufficient votes to have been elected, the office shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled as if the vacancy had occurred during the term of office.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  8-806 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 8 - Elections|Subtitle 8 - Boards of Education|Section 8-806 - General Election

    (a)    In a general election for board of education members, a voter may vote for a number of nominees equal to the number of members to be elected.    (b)    (1)    The nominees, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, who receive the largest number of votes in a general election shall be declared elected.        (2)    (i)    If two or more nominees each receive the lowest number of votes necessary to qualify for election, creating a tie for the last office to be filled, the office shall be considered vacant.            (ii)    A vacancy occurring under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be filled:                1.    as if the vacancy occurred during the term of office for which the election is being held; and                2.    by the selection of one of the nominees who ties in the general election.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  9-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 9 - Voting|Subtitle 1 - Voting Systems|Section 9-101 - Use of Certified System in Polling Places and for Absentee Voting

    (a)    The State Board, in consultation with the local boards, shall select and certify a voting system for voting in polling places and a voting system for absentee voting.    (b)    The voting system selected and certified for voting in polling places and the voting system selected and certified for absentee voting shall be used in all counties.    (c)    The State Board shall acquire:        (1)    the voting system selected and certified for voting in polling places; and        (2)    the voting system selected and certified for absentee voting.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  9-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 9 - Voting|Subtitle 1 - Voting Systems|Section 9-103 - Decertification

    (a)    The State Board:        (1)    may decertify a voting system previously certified if the State Board determines that the system no longer merits certification; and        (2)    shall decertify a previously certified voting system if the voting system no longer meets one or more of the standards in § 9–102(d)(1)(i) through (iii) of this subtitle.    (b)    The State Board shall determine the effective date and conditions of the decertification.