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Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Section 5-101 - In General - (a) This subtitle governs the process by which an individual...
Subtitle 2 - Qualifications
Section 5-201 - In General - An individual may become a candidate for a public or...
Section 5-202 - Residency Requirement - A candidate for public or party office must be a...
Section 5-203 - Voter Registration and Party Affiliation - (a) (1) This subsection does not apply to a candidate...
Section 5-204 - Candidacy for More Than One Office - (a) An individual simultaneously may not be a candidate for...
Section 5-205 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor Unit - (a) In accordance with Article II of the Maryland Constitution,...
Subtitle 3 - Certificate of Candidacy
Section 5-301 - In General - (a) An individual may become a candidate for a public...
Section 5-302 - Filing - (a) A certificate of candidacy shall be filed under oath...
Section 5-303 - When Filed - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d)...
Section 5-304 - Manner of Filing - (a) (1) A certificate of candidacy may be filed: (i)...
Section 5-305 - Petition to Challenge Residency of Certain Candidates - (a) This section applies only to a petition that will...
Subtitle 4 - Filing Fees
Section 5-401 - Amount - (a) (1) This section does not apply to a write–in...
Section 5-402 - Return of Filing Fees - (a) Upon request, a candidate who pays a filing fee...
Section 5-403 - Disposition of Filing Fees - Filing fees paid by candidates under § 5–401 of this...
Subtitle 5 - Withdrawal of Candidacy After Filing but Before Primary Election
Section 5-501 - Scope - An individual who has filed a certificate of candidacy may...
Section 5-502 - Time for Withdrawal - (a) Subject to § 5–402 of this title, an individual...
Section 5-503 - Place and Manner of Withdrawal - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 5-504 - Effect of Withdrawal of Candidacy - (a) If a certificate of withdrawal is filed under this...
Subtitle 6 - Qualification for Primary Election Ballot
Section 5-601 - Candidates Qualifying - The name of a candidate shall remain on the ballot...
Subtitle 7 - Nomination
Section 5-701 - In General - Nominations for public offices that are filled by elections governed...
Section 5-702 - Nomination by Primary Election - A candidate for public office of a political party shall...
Section 5-703 - Nomination by Petition - (a) Except for a candidate for a nonpartisan county board...
Section 5-703.1 - Nomination by Political Party Not Required to Nominate Candidates by Party Primary - (a) Except for a candidate for a nonpartisan county board...
Section 5-704 - Write-in Candidates - An individual who seeks election as a write-in candidate shall...
Section 5-705 - Certificate of Nomination or Election After Primary Election - (a) A certificate of nomination that entitles a candidate for...
Section 5-706 - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) a candidate...
Subtitle 8 - Declination of Nomination
Section 5-801 - Declination of Nomination - (a) A nominee may decline the nomination by filing a...
Subtitle 9 - Vacancies in Candidacy Occurring Before a Primary Election
Section 5-901 - Offices Other Than Governor and Lieutenant Governor -- No Filed Candidate - (a) This section does not apply to a vacancy in...
Section 5-902 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor -- Vacancy in Candidacy Before the Filing Deadline - (a) If either of the candidates of a Governor and...
Section 5-903 - Lieutenant Governor -- Vacancy in Candidacy Occurring After the Filing Deadline - (a) (1) If a candidate for Lieutenant Governor dies, withdraws...
Section 5-904 - Governor -- Vacancy in Candidacy After the Filing Deadline When More Than One Governor and Lieutenant Governor Unit Files for Nomination - (a) This section does not apply if only one Governor...
Section 5-905 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor -- Vacancy in Candidacy After the Filing Deadline When Only One Governor and Lieutenant Governor Unit Files for Nomination - (a) If only a single Governor and Lieutenant Governor unit...
Subtitle 10 - Filling Vacancies in Nomination After a Primary Election
Section 5-1001 - Certificate of Nomination to Fill Vacancies - (a) When a local board receives a certificate of designation...
Section 5-1002 - Statewide Offices - (a) This section applies only to a nominee for statewide...
Section 5-1003 - Shared District Candidates -- More Than One County in a Congressional or General Assembly District - (a) This section applies to a vacancy in nomination for...
Section 5-1004 - Local Offices and Districts Entirely Within One County - (a) A vacancy in nomination for an office that is...
Section 5-1005 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor - (a) This section applies: (1) to the nominees of a...
Subtitle 11 - Vacancies in Candidacy for Petition Candidates
Section 5-1101 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor Units - (a) This section applies to petition candidates for the office...
Subtitle 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 5-1201 - Effect of Failure to Designate Successor Candidate and File Certificate - (a) (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title,...
Section 5-1202 - Certificate of Candidacy and Payment of Filing Fee Required of Successor Candidates - An individual selected or designated to fill a vacancy in...
Section 5-1203 - Qualifying for General Election Ballot - (a) At each general election, the names of the following...
Subtitle 13 - Late Vacancies Before the General Election
Section 5-1301 - Applicable to Offices Other Than Governor or Lieutenant Governor - (a) Except for a candidate or nominee to fill a...
Section 5-1302 - Deadline for Filing Certificate of Designation and Consequence of Vacancy Occurring After Deadline - (a) A certificate of designation may not be filed later...
Section 5-1303 - Canvass and Certification of Votes When Late Vacancy Occurs - (a) (1) If a nominee dies, declines the nomination, or...