Section 5-202 – Residency Requirement
A candidate for public or party office must be a registered voter at an address that satisfies any residence requirement for the office that is imposed by law and, in the case of a party office, by party rules.
Section 5-203 – Voter Registration and Party Affiliation
(a) (1) This subsection does not apply to a candidate for: (i) President or Vice President of the United States; or (ii) any federal office who seeks nomination by petition. (2) Unless the individual is a registered voter affiliated with the political party, an individual may not be a candidate for: (i) an office of that political party; or (ii) except as […]
Section 5-204 – Candidacy for More Than One Office
(a) An individual simultaneously may not be a candidate for more than one public office. (b) An individual simultaneously may not be a candidate for more than one office of a political party. (c) Unless otherwise prohibited by rule of the applicable political party, an individual simultaneously may be a candidate for a party office and a public […]
Section 5-205 – Governor and Lieutenant Governor Unit
(a) In accordance with Article II of the Maryland Constitution, when a candidate for nomination for Governor files a certificate of candidacy for that office, the candidate shall designate a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. (b) The candidates for nomination for Governor and Lieutenant Governor each shall file for nomination and be considered a unit for nomination to […]