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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 13A.07.13.04" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="13" heading="Election Schedule.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department shall conduct an election whenever there is a vacancy of a teacher member of the State Board of Education.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department shall prepare a schedule for conducting the election that conforms to the requirements of §C of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The election schedule shall include the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The time period during which an eligible teacher may obtain a nomination form from the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The date by which a teacher shall be certified in order to qualify as a candidate or be an eligible voter in the election;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The date completed nomination forms shall be submitted to the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The date the Department shall certify the names of all candidates on the ballot;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The dates the Department shall conduct the online election; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The date that election results shall be announced publicly.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The election schedule shall be posted online and transmitted by email to all certified teachers in the State using the email addresses provided by those educators to the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>