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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="5-504" title_number="5" title_name="Candidates" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Withdrawal of Candidacy After Filing but Before Primary Election">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a certificate of withdrawal is filed under this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the certificate of candidacy to which the certificate of withdrawal relates is void;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name of the candidate may not be submitted to the voters for nomination and election to the office to which the certificate relates unless the individual files a new certificate of candidacy within the time limit prescribed for filing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>except as provided in § 5-402 of this title, the filing fee for the certificate of candidacy may not be refunded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the name of any individual who files a certificate of candidacy and does not withdraw shall appear on the primary election ballot unless, by the 10th day after the filing deadline specified under § 5-303 of this title, the individual’s death or disqualification is known to the applicable board with which the certificate of candidacy was filed.</text>
  </level>
</section>
