Section 8-806 - General election. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-806. General election.
 

(a)  Number of votes in contest.- In a general election for board of education members, a voter may vote for a number of nominees equal to the number of members to be elected. 

(b)  Election results.-  

(1) The nominees, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, who receive the largest number of votes in a general election shall be declared elected. 

(2) (i) If two or more nominees each receive the lowest number of votes necessary to qualify for election, creating a tie for the last office to be filled, the office shall be considered vacant. 

(ii) A vacancy occurring under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be filled: 

1. as if the vacancy occurred during the term of office for which the election is being held; and 

2. by the selection of one of the nominees who ties in the general election. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 8-806; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]