§ 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.

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