Maryland Statutes § 6-101 Definitions
Statute Text
(a)
In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)
"Affidavit" means a statement executed under penalty of perjury.
(c)
"Chief election official" means:
(1)
as to the State Board, the State Administrator; or
(2)
as to a local board, the election director.
(d)
"Circulator" means an individual who attests to one or more signatures affixed to a petition.
(e)
"Election authority" means:
(1)
the State Board; or
(2)
as to a local petition, the local board for that county.
(f)
"Legal authority" means:
(1)
the Attorney General; or
(2)
as to a local petition, the counsel to the local board appointed under §
2-205
of this article for that county.
(g)
"Local petition" means a petition:
(1)
on which the signatures from only one county may be counted; and
(2)
that does not seek to:
(i)
refer a public local law enacted by the General Assembly; or
(ii)
nominate an individual for an office for which a certificate of candidacy is required to be filed with the State Board.
(h)
"Page" means a piece of paper comprising a part of a petition.
(i)
"Petition" means all of the associated pages necessary to fulfill the requirements of a process established by the law by which individuals affix their signatures as evidence of support for:
(1)
placing the name of an individual, the names of individuals, or a question on the ballot at any election;
(2)
the creation of a new political party; or
(3)
the appointment of a charter board under Article XI-A, §
1A
of the Maryland Constitution.
(j)
"Sponsor" means the person who coordinates the collection of signatures for a petition and who, if the petition is filed, is named on the information page as required by §
6-201
of this title.
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