§ 2357. Place of filing petition
§ 2357. Place of filing petition (a) Primary petitions and consent forms shall be filed as follows: (1) For State and congressional officers, with the Secretary of State; (2) For county officers with the county clerk; (3) For State Senator, with the senatorial district clerk; (4) For Representative to the General Assembly, with the representative […]
§ 2358. Examining petitions; supplementary petitions
§ 2358. Examining petitions; supplementary petitions (a) The officer with whom primary petitions are filed shall examine them and ascertain whether they contain a sufficient number of legible signatures. The officer shall not attempt to ascertain whether there are a sufficient number of signatures of actual voters, however, unless the officer has reason to believe […]
§ 2359. Notification to Secretary of State
§ 2359. Notification to Secretary of State Within three days after the last day for filing petitions, all town and county clerks who have received petitions shall notify the Secretary of State of the names of all candidates, the offices for which they have filed, and whether each has submitted a sufficient number of valid […]
§ 2360. Preservation of petitions
§ 2360. Preservation of petitions The Secretary of State and county and town clerks shall retain the primary petitions filed with them until 30 days following the general election for which they were used, at which time they may be destroyed. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 2361. Consent of candidate
§ 2361. Consent of candidate (a) A candidate for whom petitions containing sufficient valid signatures have been filed shall file with the official with whom the petitions were filed a consent to the printing of the candidate’s name on the ballot. The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish forms for this purpose. (b)(1) The […]
§ 2323. Probate district committee
§ 2323. Probate district committee The “probate district committee” of a party shall consist of those members of the county committee residing in a probate district. Such a committee shall elect its own officers when called upon to meet, but it need not meet unless required to perform some function under this title. The chair […]
§ 2351. Primary election
§ 2351. Primary election A primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in each even-numbered year for the nomination of candidates of major political parties for all offices to be voted for at the succeeding general election, except candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, their electors, and […]
§ 2352. Nomination of candidates prior to special election
§ 2352. Nomination of candidates prior to special election When the Governor or any court, pursuant to law, orders a special election to be held for any of the offices covered by section 2351 of this title, a special primary election shall be held on the Tuesday that falls not less than 60 days nor […]
§ 2353. Petitions to place names on ballot
§ 2353. Petitions to place names on ballot (a) The name of any person shall be printed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for nomination by any major political party for the office indicated, if a petition containing the requisite number of signatures made by registered voters, in substantially the following form, is filed […]
§ 2354. Signing petitions
§ 2354. Signing petitions (a) Any number of voters may sign the same petition. (b)(1) A voter’s signature shall not be valid unless at the time he or she signs, the voter is registered and qualified to vote for the candidate whose petition he or she signs. (2) Each voter shall indicate his or her […]