§ 17-12.1-1. Date of primaries for election of delegates to national conventions. A primary election for the election of delegates to the national convention for each political party shall be held in the manner provided in this chapter on the fourth Tuesday in April 2012, and every fourth year thereafter. History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. […]
§ 17-12.1-10. Filling of vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled in the delegation by the alternates in the order of their plurality and in accordance with the rules of the political party. History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2.
§ 17-12.1-11. Form of ballot. (a) The order on the ballot, subject to final determination of any objections filed with the board of elections and the removal of said individual(s) by the secretary of state post-lot, of the presidential nominees and delegates and the uncommitted delegates shall be chosen by lot under the direction of […]
§ 17-12.1-12. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following terms have the meaning indicated as follows: (1) “Political party” is defined as provided in § 17-1-2(9). (2) “Uncommitted” means a candidate for delegate not approved by, obligated, or committed to any particular presidential contender. History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2; P.L. […]
§ 17-12.1-13. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 15; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 15, effective January 1, 1997.
§ 17-12.1-14. Recount. (a) Upon application, the state board of elections shall conduct a recount for a presidential candidate or delegate for a winning candidate when there is a two hundred (200) or less vote difference between the losing candidate or delegate and the winner. Said recount shall be conducted by re-reading the programmed memory […]
§ 17-12.1-15. Political party rules. The state chairperson of each political party shall, on or before the first Tuesday in January of each year a primary is to be held pursuant to this chapter, file with the secretary of state a certified copy of the complete rules of the political party including, but not limited […]
§ 17-12.1-16. Applicability. The appropriate provisions of this title shall apply to the primaries held under the provisions of this chapter, unless clearly inconsistent with this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2.
§ 17-12.1-2. Number of delegates to be elected — Method of election. At each primary there shall be elected for each congressional district of this state the number of delegates and alternates that shall be determined by the national committee of the party and certified to the secretary of state not later than the first […]
§ 17-12.1-3. Declaration of candidacy — Delegates. During the sixty-first (61st) and sixty-second (62nd) day preceding a primary for election of delegates to a national convention, each voter desiring to be a delegate at the forthcoming convention shall, on the form that shall be provided by the secretary of state, sign his or her name […]
§ 17-12.1-4. Presidential candidates. (a) Any person seeking the endorsement of a national political party for which a primary is being held shall, during the ninety-fourth (94th) through and including the ninety-sixth (96th) day preceding the presidential preference primary being held, provide written notification to the secretary of state of his or her intention to […]
§ 17-12.1-5. Preparation of nomination papers — Delegates. Upon receipt of the declaration referred to in § 17-12.1-3, the secretary of state shall prepare nomination papers for each candidate who has qualified, clearly marked with the candidate’s name and the office the candidate seeks, and shall, by four o’clock (4:00) p.m. on the next business […]
§ 17-12.1-6. Number of signers required. The nomination papers of a candidate for delegate to a national convention shall be signed, in the aggregate, by at least one hundred fifty (150) eligible voters. History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2; P.L. 1983, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 2011, […]
§ 17-12.1-7. Checking and certification of nomination papers. (a) Each nomination paper of a candidate for delegate shall be submitted on or before four o’clock (4:00) p.m. in the afternoon of the fifty-sixth (56th) day before the presidential preference primary to the local board of the city or town where the signers appear to be […]
§ 17-12.1-8. Presidential preference primary. (a) On the same date and at the same time as the election of delegates to national conventions, as provided in § 17-12.1-1, there shall be held a presidential preference primary for each political party at which each party voter shall have the opportunity to vote his or her preference […]
§ 17-12.1-9. Voting for nominees and delegates — Designation of winning delegates. Each voter shall vote, within that voter’s party primary, for the presidential nominees of that voter’s choice or may express that voter’s choice for no nominee in a space provided and designated “uncommitted” and for any or all of the number of elected […]
