Md. Code, Local Government § 4–210

(a) An election of officers for a proposed municipality shall be conducted at

the same time and place as the referendum on the question of incorporation and is

subject to the same procedures and practices.

(b) An individual may not be initially nominated or elected to a municipal

office unless the individual qualifies under the requirements specified for that office

in the proposed municipal charter.

(c) (1) A candidate for an elected office of a proposed municipality shall

be nominated by a certificate of nomination filed by the candidate with the county

board of elections.

(2) The certificate of nomination shall include:

(i) the name and residence address of the candidate; and

(ii) the office that the candidate seeks.

(d) After certificates of nomination by candidates for municipal office are

filed, the county board of elections shall prepare ballots to allow the registered voters

of the area proposed to be incorporated to vote on the candidates who are nominated

under this section.