2010 Maryland Code
ELECTION LAW
TITLE 5 - CANDIDATES
Subtitle 6 - Qualification for Primary Election Ballot
Section 5-601 - Candidates qualifying.

§ 5-601. Candidates qualifying.
 

The name of a candidate shall remain on the ballot and be submitted to the voters at a primary election if: 

(1) the candidate has filed a certificate of candidacy in accordance with the requirements of § 5-301 of this title and has satisfied any other requirements of this article relating to the office for which the individual is a candidate, provided the candidate: 

(i) has not withdrawn the candidacy in accordance with Subtitle 5 of this title; 

(ii) has not died or become disqualified, and that fact is known to the applicable board by the deadline prescribed in § 5-504(b) of this title; 

(iii) does not seek nomination by petition pursuant to the provisions of § 5-703 of this title; or 

(iv) is not a write-in candidate; or 

(2) the candidate has qualified to have the candidate's name submitted to the voters in a presidential primary election under Title 8, Subtitle 5 of this article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 5-601; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]   

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