Opinion ID: 1538756
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: house of delegates election

Text: Your Legislative District consists of all or part of the following counties: All of [] ____________________________ Part of [] ___________________________ The District will be represented by three members of the House of Delegates. In accordance with the Districting Plan adopted by the Court of Appeals, no county or part of a county included in the District may have more than one member of the House of Delegates residing in it. This limitation is applicable to both primary elections and general elections. Notwithstanding this limitation, voting is on an at-large basis and each individual voter may vote for candidates without regard to his residence or the residence of the candidates. Voters may, if they wish, vote for more than one resident of a given county. The following candidates are unopposed in the primary election, have been declared nominated and their names accordingly do not appear on the primary election ballot but will appear on the general election ballot: Democratic Primary [] Republican Primary [] X, Resident of X County A, Resident of X County Y, Resident of Y County B, Resident of Y County C, Resident of Z County PER CURIAM ORDER: For the reasons to be given in an opinion hereinafter to be filed, it is, this 23rd day of August, 1974, ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Order of this Court adopted March 15, 1974, and filed March 22, 1974, in the case of In The Matter of Legislative Districting of the State, 271 Md. 320, setting forth the legislative boundaries of District 34, and declaring that no county within such District shall have more than one delegate residing therein is hereby reaffirmed as being constitutional and valid; and it is further ORDERED, that the form of the proposed primary election ballot as published and posted by the Board of Supervisors of Elections for Cecil County on July 30, 1974, together with the accompanying instructions issued by the Attorney General, insofar as they pertain to the election of members of the House of Delegates from District 34, are in full compliance with all governing provisions of law; and it is further ORDERED, that the order of the Circuit Court for Cecil County dated August 16, 1974, be, and it is hereby, reversed and the petition filed in these proceedings is hereby dismissed; and it is further ORDERED, that the mandate of this Court shall issue forthwith, costs to be paid by the appellee.