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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="8-201" title_number="8" title_name="Elections" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Primary Elections">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There shall be a statewide primary election in every even–numbered year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A primary election shall be held:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in the year in which the Governor is elected, on the fourth Tuesday in June; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in the year in which the President of the United States is elected, on the fourth Tuesday in April.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In Baltimore City, there shall be a primary election for municipal offices on the fourth Tuesday in April in the year in which the President of the United States is elected.</text>
  </level>
</section>
