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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="6-209" title_number="6" title_name="Petitions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Content and Process of Petitions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person aggrieved by a determination made under § 6–202, § 6–206, or § 6–208(a)(2) of this subtitle may seek judicial review:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in the case of a statewide petition, a petition to refer an enactment of the General Assembly pursuant to Article XVI of the Maryland Constitution, or a petition for a congressional or General Assembly candidacy, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>as to any other petition, in the circuit court for the county in which the petition is filed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may grant relief as it considers appropriate to ensure the integrity of the electoral process.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A judicial proceeding under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Maryland Rules, except that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the case shall be heard and decided without a jury and as expeditiously as the circumstances require; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an appeal shall be taken directly to the Supreme Court of Maryland within 5 days after the date of the decision of the circuit court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Supreme Court of Maryland shall give priority to hear and decide an appeal brought under paragraph (3)(ii) of this subsection as expeditiously as the circumstances require.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act and upon the complaint of any registered voter, the circuit court of the county in which a petition has been or will be filed may grant declaratory relief as to any petition with respect to the provisions of this title or other provisions of law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
