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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="5-705" title_number="5" title_name="Candidates" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Nomination">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A certificate of nomination that entitles a candidate for public office to have the candidate’s name listed on the general election ballot and submitted to the voters at the general election shall be issued in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to § 13–332.1 of this article, the State Board shall issue a certificate of nomination to each candidate who files a certificate of candidacy with the State Board and who qualifies for the nomination.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to § 13–332.1 of this article, the local board with which a candidate files a certificate of candidacy shall issue a certificate of nomination to each candidate who qualifies for the nomination.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A political party may have only one candidate as its nominee for any position to be filled in a general election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A certificate of nomination may not contain the name of more than one nominee for each office to be filled at the election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Following the certification of the primary elections returns by the board responsible for the certification of the results of that election, that board shall issue a certificate of election to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each candidate for delegate to a national party convention who is certified by the State Board to have been elected in accordance with the party’s rules; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each candidate to a party central committee who is certified by the local board to have been elected to that position.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
