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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="5-702" title_number="5" title_name="Candidates" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Nomination">
  <text>A candidate for public office of a political party shall be nominated in accordance with the requirements of Subtitles 2 through 4 of this title unless the candidate is:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>nominated by:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>petition under § 5-703 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>political party under § 5-703.1 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>a write-in candidate under § 5-704 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
