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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="5-1001" title_number="5" title_name="Candidates" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Filling Vacancies in Nomination After a Primary Election">
  <level label="a">
    <text>When a local board receives a certificate of designation and a certificate of candidacy to fill a vacancy in nomination under this subtitle, it shall notify the State Board of the change by the end of the next business day following the receipt of the certificates.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When the State Board is notified by a local board of a change in nomination under subsection (a) of this section or when a certificate of designation and a certificate of candidacy to fill a vacancy in nomination is filed directly with the State Board under this subtitle, the State Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>certify the nomination and substitute, for the name of the original nominee, the name of the individual who has been designated and determined to be qualified to have that individual’s name placed on the ballot as a successor nominee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>certify the new nomination to the appropriate local boards.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the State Board has already issued a certificate of nomination for a nominee under this section, it promptly shall certify to the appropriate local boards:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name and residence of the individual designated by the State central committee of the political party as the successor nominee to fill the vacancy;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the office for which the successor nominee is nominated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the political party the successor nominee represents; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the name of the individual for whom the successor nominee is substituted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a successor nominee to fill a vacancy in office is certified by the State Board under this section, the certificate of nomination for the prior nominee is void.</text>
  </level>
</section>
