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(2) one member shall be elected from that portion within Anne Arundel County of any legislative district that is partially contained within Anne Arundel County.

(b) (1) In Baltimore City, the members of the Democratic Party Central Committee shall be elected from the legislative districts of Baltimore City as follows:

(i) five members shall be elected from the Baltimore City part of each of the eight legislative districts in which all or a majority of the population resides in Baltimore City; and

(ii) one member shall be elected from the Baltimore City part of each of the two legislative districts in which a minority of the population resides in Baltimore City.

(2) (i) The members of the Republican Party Central Committee shall be elected from each councilmanic district of Baltimore City.

(ii) Two members shall be elected from each councilmanic district.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection, in Baltimore County, members of the party central committees may not run at large.

(2) The Republican Party Central Committee shall consist of:

(i) four members elected from each councilmanic district in the county; and

(ii) a chairman elected from the county at large.

(3) For the Baltimore County Democratic Party Central Committee:

(i) twenty-five members, five from each district, shall be elected from legislative districts 6, 8, 10, 11, and 42, each district being located wholly within Baltimore County;

(ii) two members shall be elected from that part of legislative district 5 that is located in Baltimore County;

(iii) four members shall be elected from that part of legislative district 7 that is located in Baltimore County; and

(iv) four members shall be elected from that part of legislative district 12 that is located in Baltimore County.

(4) Only individuals affiliated with the Democratic Party and who are registered to vote in Baltimore County may vote for the election of members to the Baltimore County Democratic Party Central Committee under this section.

(5) The number of Democratic Party Central Committee members to be elected from each legislative district, or portion of legislative district, in Baltimore County shall be determined upon completion of each legislative districting.

(d) In Calvert County, the Democratic Party Central Committee consists of nine members elected by the voters of the county at large as follows:

(1) two members who reside in the first election district and receive the largest number of votes cast for candidates from that district;

(2) two members who reside in the second election district and receive the largest number of votes cast for candidates from that district;

(3) two members who reside in the third election district and receive the largest number of votes cast for candidates from that district; and

(4) three members who reside in Calvert County and who receive the highest number of votes cast in Calvert County for the remaining candidates.

(e) In Carroll County, the Republican Party Central Committee shall consist of nine members elected at large.

(f) (1) In Montgomery County:

(i) the Republican Party Central Committee consists of 19 members; and

(ii) the Democratic Party Central Committee consists of 23 members.

(2) For each of those two party central committees:

(i) two members are elected from each of the legislative districts that lie wholly within Montgomery County;

(ii) one member is elected from the Montgomery County part of each legislative district which is partially within Montgomery County; and

(iii) the remainder shall be elected at large.

(3) Any vacancy in a seat on a party central committee held initially by a member elected from a legislative district shall be filled by a person residing in that district.

(4) Any reference to the Democratic Party Central Committee for Montgomery County or any portion of it means the entire membership of the Montgomery County Democratic Party Central Committee, and in no event do the members of the Central Committee elected from a district comprise a separate central committee.

(g) (1) (i) In Prince George's County, members of the Republican Party Central Committee:

1. may not run at large; and

2. shall be elected from within legislative districts of Prince George's County or within that portion of any legislative district lying within Prince George's County.

(ii) The number of members of the Republican Party Central Committee shall consist of:

1. two members from each legislative district that is wholly within Prince George's County; and

2. one member from that portion of each legislative district that is partially within Prince George's County.

(2) (i) In Prince George's County, the Democratic Party Central Committee consists of 23 members.

(ii) 1. Two members shall reside in and be elected by the eligible voters of each of the eight legislative districts lying within Prince George's County.

2. At least one member shall reside in each single member or 2 member delegate district of any district in which there are such districts.

(iii) In addition to the members of the committee elected from legislative districts, seven members of the committee shall be elected by all the eligible voters in the county, and at the time of election, each member shall reside in a different one of the seven legislative districts within Prince George's County in which a majority of voters reside.

(iv) A candidate for election to the Democratic Party Central Committee shall declare at the time of filing for candidacy which seat on the Central Committee the candidate is seeking.

(v) If a member who was elected from a specific legislative district ceases to reside in that district, the member may not continue to serve on the Central Committee.

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