Section 5-801 – Declination of Nomination

    (a)    A nominee may decline the nomination by filing a certificate of declination on the prescribed form.     (b)    The certificate of declination shall be under oath and filed:         (1)    with the board at which the certificate of candidacy was filed; and         (2)    (i)    in the year of a gubernatorial election, by the first Tuesday in August immediately preceding the general […]