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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="5-601" title_number="5" title_name="Candidates" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Qualification for Primary Election Ballot">
  <text>The name of a candidate shall remain on the ballot and be submitted to the voters at a primary election if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>has not withdrawn the candidacy in accordance with Subtitle 5 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>does not seek nomination by petition pursuant to the provisions of § 5-703 of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>is not a write-in candidate; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
