Section 5-203 - Voter registration and party affiliation. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-203. Voter registration and party affiliation.
 

(a)  Voter registration required.-  

(1) This subsection does not apply to a candidate for: 

(i) President or Vice President of the United States; or 

(ii) any federal office who seeks nomination by petition. 

(2) Unless the individual is a registered voter affiliated with the political party, an individual may not be a candidate for: 

(i) an office of that political party; or 

(ii) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nomination by that political party. 

(b)  Party affiliation - Exception for judicial and county board of education candidates.- The requirements for party affiliation specified under subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a candidate for: 

(1) a judicial office; or 

(2) a county board of education. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 5-203; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]