Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 6-101 - Definitions(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: (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.