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BILL INFORMATION
PG 404-27: Prince George’s County – Political Party Central Committee – Procedures for Filling General Assembly Vacancy
Requested By: Chair (By request of Delegate-Elect Ward)
Synopsis
FOR the purpose of limiting, except under certain circumstances, the members of a central committee in Prince George’s County who may vote to select an individual to fill a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate representing Prince George’s County in the General Assembly to the members of the central committee who were elected by the eligible voters of the legislative district with the vacancy; requiring the vote to be held by secret ballot; and generally relating to the procedures in Prince George’s County for filling a vacancy in the General Assembly.