(D) "Special election" means any election other than those | 23 |
elections defined in other divisions of this section. A special | 24 |
election may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first | 25 |
Monday in February, May, August, or November, or on the day | 26 |
authorized by a particular municipal or county charter for the | 27 |
holding of a primary election, except that in any year in which a | 28 |
presidential primary election is held, no special election shall | 29 |
be held in February or May, except as authorized by a municipal
or | 30 |
county charter, but may be held on the first Tuesday
after the | 31 |
first Monday in
March. | 32 |
(E)(1) "Primary" or "primary election" means an election
held | 33 |
for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of
political | 34 |
parties for election to offices, and for the purpose of
electing | 35 |
persons as members of the controlling committees of
political | 36 |
parties and as delegates and alternates to the
conventions of | 37 |
political parties. Primary elections shall be
held
on the first | 38 |
Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each
year
except in years | 39 |
in which a presidential primary election is
held. | 40 |
(2) "Presidential primary election" means a primary
election | 41 |
as defined by division (E)(1) of this
section at which an election | 42 |
is held for the purpose of choosing the candidates who will be | 43 |
selected by the Ohio
delegates and alternates to
the national | 44 |
conventions of the major
political parties as the first choice for | 45 |
nomination as the candidate of the political party for the | 46 |
presidency of the United States pursuant
to section 3513.12 of the | 47 |
Revised
Code. Unless otherwise
specified, presidential primary | 48 |
elections
are included in
references to primary elections. In | 49 |
years in
which a presidential
primary election is held, all | 50 |
primary
elections shall be held on
the first Tuesday after the | 51 |
first Monday in March
except as
otherwise authorized by a | 52 |
municipal or county charter. | 53 |
(3) "Minor political party" means any political party | 67 |
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for | 68 |
governor or nominees for presidential electors received less than | 69 |
ten per cent but not less than five per cent of the total vote | 70 |
cast for such office at the most recent regular
state election
or | 71 |
which has filed with the secretary of state, subsequent to any | 72 |
election in which it received less than five per cent of such | 73 |
vote, a petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to | 74 |
at least one per cent of the total vote cast for such office in | 75 |
the last preceding regular state election, except that a newly | 76 |
formed political party shall be known as a minor political party | 77 |
until the time of the first election for governor or president | 78 |
which occurs not less than twelve months subsequent to the | 79 |
formation of such party, after which election the status of such | 80 |
party shall be determined by the vote for the office of governor | 81 |
or president. | 82 |
(H) "Candidate" means any qualified person certified in | 89 |
accordance with the provisions of the Revised Code for placement | 90 |
on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special election | 91 |
to be held in this state, or any qualified person who claims to be | 92 |
a
write-in candidate, or who
knowingly assents to being | 93 |
represented as a
write-in candidate by another at either a | 94 |
primary,
general, or special election to be held in this state. | 95 |
(J) "Nonpartisan candidate" means any candidate whose name
is | 102 |
required, pursuant to section 3505.04 of the Revised Code, to
be | 103 |
listed on the nonpartisan ballot, including all candidates for | 104 |
judicial office, for member of any board of education, for | 105 |
municipal or township offices in which primary elections are not | 106 |
held for nominating candidates by political parties, and for | 107 |
offices of municipal corporations having charters that provide
for | 108 |
separate ballots for elections for these offices. | 109 |
(K) "Party candidate" means any candidate who claims to be a | 110 |
member of a
political party,
whose name has been certified
on the | 111 |
office-type ballot at a general or special election
through the | 112 |
filing of a declaration of candidacy and petition of
candidate, | 113 |
and who has won the primary election of the
candidate's party for | 114 |
the public office the candidate seeks or is selected
by party | 115 |
committee in accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised Code. | 116 |
(L) "Officer of a political party" includes, but is not | 117 |
limited to, any member, elected or appointed, of a controlling | 118 |
committee, whether representing the territory of the state, a | 119 |
district therein, a county, township, a city, a ward, a precinct, | 120 |
or other territory, of a major, intermediate, or minor political | 121 |
party. | 122 |
(V) "Acknowledgment notice" means a notice sent by a board
of | 158 |
elections, on a
form prescribed by the secretary of state, | 159 |
informing a voter registration
applicant or an applicant who | 160 |
wishes to change the
applicant's residence or name of the status | 161 |
of
the application; the information necessary to complete or | 162 |
update
the application, if any; and if the application is | 163 |
complete,
the precinct in which the applicant is to vote. | 164 |
(X) "Designated agency" means an office or agency in the | 169 |
state that provides
public assistance or that provides | 170 |
state-funded programs primarily engaged in
providing services to | 171 |
persons with disabilities and that is required by the
National | 172 |
Voter Registration Act of 1993 to implement a program designed and | 173 |
administered by the secretary of state for registering voters, or | 174 |
any other
public or government office or agency that implements a | 175 |
program designed and
administered by the secretary of state for | 176 |
registering voters, including the
department of job and family | 177 |
services, the program
administered under section 3701.132
of the | 178 |
Revised Code by the department of health, the department of mental | 179 |
health, the department of mental retardation and developmental | 180 |
disabilities,
the rehabilitation services commission, and any | 181 |
other
agency the secretary of state designates. "Designated | 182 |
agency" does
not include public high schools and vocational | 183 |
schools, public libraries, or
the office of a county treasurer. | 184 |
(2) It shows the current address of the individual to whom it | 195 |
was issued, which shall conform to the address in the poll list or | 196 |
signature pollbook, except for a driver's license or a state | 197 |
identification card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised | 198 |
Code, which may show either the current or former address of the | 199 |
individual to whom it was issued, regardless of whether that | 200 |
address conforms to the address in the poll list or signature | 201 |
pollbook. | 202 |
Sec. 3513.04. Candidates for party nominations to state, | 208 |
district, county, and municipal offices or positions, for which | 209 |
party nominations are provided by law, and for election as
members | 210 |
of party controlling committees shall have their names
printed on | 211 |
the official primary ballot by filing a declaration of
candidacy | 212 |
and paying the fees specified for the
office under divisions (A) | 213 |
and (B) of section 3513.10
of the Revised Code, except that the | 214 |
joint candidates for party nomination to the offices of governor | 215 |
and lieutenant governor shall, for the two of them, file one | 216 |
declaration of candidacy. The joint
candidates also shall pay the | 217 |
fees specified for the joint candidates under
divisions (A) and | 218 |
(B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. | 219 |
The secretary of state shall not accept for filing the | 220 |
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to | 221 |
the office of governor unless the declaration of candidacy also | 222 |
shows a joint candidate for the same party's nomination to the | 223 |
office of lieutenant governor, shall not accept for filing the | 224 |
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to | 225 |
the office of lieutenant governor unless the declaration of | 226 |
candidacy also shows a joint candidate for the same party's | 227 |
nomination to the office of governor, and shall not accept for | 228 |
filing a declaration of candidacy that shows a candidate for
party | 229 |
nomination to the office of governor or lieutenant governor
who, | 230 |
for the same election,
has already
filed a
declaration of | 231 |
candidacy
or a
declaration of intent to be a
write-in candidate, | 232 |
or has become a candidate by the filling of a
vacancy under | 233 |
section
3513.30 of the Revised Code for any other
state office or | 234 |
any federal or county office. | 235 |
No person who seeks party nomination for an office or | 236 |
position at a primary election by declaration of candidacy or by | 237 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate
and no person who | 238 |
is a first choice for president of candidates seeking
election as | 239 |
delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the | 240 |
different major political parties who are chosen by direct vote of | 241 |
the
electorsseeks nomination as the first choice as the candidate | 242 |
of a major political party for the presidency of the United States | 243 |
as provided in this chapter shall be permitted to
become a | 244 |
candidate
by nominating petition or by declaration of
intent to be | 245 |
a write-in
candidate at the following general
election for any | 246 |
office
other than the office of member of
the
state board of | 247 |
education, office of member of a city, local, or
exempted
village | 248 |
board of education, office of member of a
governing board of an | 249 |
educational service center, or office of
township trustee. | 250 |
Sec. 3513.12. (A) The procedures for the electors of a | 345 |
political party to choose the candidate who will be selected by | 346 |
the Ohio delegates to the political party's national convention as | 347 |
the first choice for nomination as the candidate of the political | 348 |
party for the presidency of the United States under divisions | 349 |
(B)(1) and (2) of this section are alternative procedures. If the | 350 |
procedures of division (B)(1) of this section are followed, then | 351 |
the procedures of division (B)(2) of this section need not be | 352 |
followed, and if the procedures of division (B)(2) of this section | 353 |
are followed, then the procedures of division (B)(1) of this | 354 |
section need not be followed. | 355 |
(B) At a presidential primary election, which
shall be held | 356 |
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in March in the year | 357 |
2000, and
similarly in every fourth year thereafter, delegates and | 358 |
alternates to the national conventions of the different major | 359 |
political parties shall be chosen by direct vote of the electors | 360 |
as provided in this chapterthe electors of a political party | 361 |
shall choose a candidate who shall be selected by the Ohio | 362 |
delegates to the political party's national convention as the | 363 |
first choice for nomination as the candidate of the political | 364 |
party for the presidency of the United States. Candidates for | 365 |
delegate and
alternate shall be qualified and the election shall | 366 |
be conducted
in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the | 367 |
nomination of
candidates for state and district offices, except as | 368 |
provided in
section 3513.151 of the Revised Code and except that | 369 |
whenever any
group of candidates for delegate at large or | 370 |
alternate at large,
or any group of candidates for delegates or | 371 |
alternates from
districts, file with the secretary of state | 372 |
statements as
provided by this section, designating the same | 373 |
persons as their
first and second choices for president of the | 374 |
United States, such
a group of candidates may submit a group | 375 |
petition containing a
declaration of candidacy for each of such | 376 |
candidates. The group
petition need be signed only by the number | 377 |
of electors required
for the petition of a single candidate. No | 378 |
group petition shall
be submitted except by a group of candidates | 379 |
equal in number to
the whole number of delegates at large or | 380 |
alternates at large to
be elected or equal in number to the whole | 381 |
number of delegates or
alternates from a district to be elected. | 382 |
Each person seeking to be elected as delegate or alternate
to | 383 |
the national convention of the person's political party
shall file | 384 |
with
the person's declaration of candidacy and certificate a | 385 |
statement in
writing signed by the person in which the
person | 386 |
shall state the person's first and
second choices for nomination | 387 |
as the candidate of the
person's party for
the presidency of the | 388 |
United States. The secretary of state
shall not permit any | 389 |
declaration of candidacy and certificate of
a candidate for | 390 |
election as such delegate or alternate to be
filed unless | 391 |
accompanied by such statement in writing. The. | 392 |
(1) A candidate for the presidency of the United States whose | 393 |
candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of a major political | 394 |
party throughout the entire state shall file, or shall designate a | 395 |
qualified elector to file on the candidate's behalf, a declaration | 396 |
of candidacy and petition under section 3513.05 of the Revised | 397 |
Code. In filing a declaration of candidacy and petition under this | 398 |
division, the name
of a candidate for the presidency shall not be | 399 |
so used without
the candidate's written consent. | 400 |
A person who is a first choice for president of candidates | 401 |
seeking election as delegates and alternates shall file with the | 402 |
secretary of state, prior to the day of the election, a list | 403 |
indicating the order in which certificates of election are to be | 404 |
issued to delegate or alternate candidates to whose candidacy the | 405 |
person
has consented, if fewer than all of such candidates are | 406 |
entitled
under party rules to be certified as elected. Each | 407 |
candidate for
election as such delegate or alternate may also file | 408 |
along with
the candidate's declaration of candidacy and | 409 |
certificate a
statement in
writing signed by the candidate in the | 410 |
following form: | 411 |
I hereby declare to the voters of my political party in the | 415 |
State of Ohio that, if elected as ............ (delegate) | 416 |
(alternate) to their national party convention, I shall, to the | 417 |
best of my judgment and ability, support that candidate for | 418 |
President of the United States who shall have been selected at | 419 |
this primary by the voters of my party in the manner provided in | 420 |
Chapter 3513. of the Ohio Revised Code, as their candidate for | 421 |
such office. | 422 |
(2)(a) Any candidate for the presidency of the United States | 439 |
who is eligible to receive payments under the "Presidential | 440 |
Primary Matching Payment Account Act," 88 Stat. 1297 (1974), 26 | 441 |
U.S.C. 9031, et seq., as amended, may file, or may designate a | 442 |
qualified elector to file on the candidate's behalf, with the | 443 |
secretary of state a declaration of candidacy and petition not | 444 |
later than four p.m. of the sixtieth day before the presidential | 445 |
primary election held in the same year the candidate is eligible | 446 |
to receive such payments. In filing a declaration of candidacy and | 447 |
petition under this division, the name of a candidate for the | 448 |
presidency shall not be used without the candidate's written | 449 |
consent. | 450 |
The declaration of candidacy and petition shall be filed in | 451 |
the same manner as a declaration of candidacy and petition is | 452 |
filed under section 3513.05 of the Revised Code for a candidacy | 453 |
that is to be submitted to the electors of a congressional | 454 |
district.
The candidate shall indicate on the declaration of | 455 |
candidacy the congressional districts in this state where the | 456 |
candidate's candidacy is to be submitted to the electors. A | 457 |
separate petition paper shall be filed for each such congressional | 458 |
district. Each petition shall be signed by at least fifty | 459 |
qualified electors residing in the district who are members of the | 460 |
same political party as the candidate. | 461 |
(b) The form used for a declaration of candidacy filed | 462 |
pursuant to division (B)(2)(a) of this section shall be | 463 |
substantially the same as the form prescribed in section 3513.07 | 464 |
of the Revised Code except that the secretary of state shall | 465 |
modify that form to include spaces for a presidential candidate to | 466 |
indicate in which congressional districts the candidate wishes the | 467 |
candidate's candidacy to be submitted to the electors and shall | 468 |
modify it in any other ways necessary to adapt it to use by | 469 |
presidential candidates. A candidate who files a declaration of | 470 |
candidacy pursuant to division (B)(2)(a) of this section shall not | 471 |
file the petition prescribed in section 3513.07 of the Revised | 472 |
Code. | 473 |
(C) A vote cast for a candidate in a presidential primary | 474 |
election shall be considered to be a vote for the selection of the | 475 |
applicable number of delegates, as determined by the constitution | 476 |
and bylaws of the political party for which the candidate is | 477 |
seeking nomination, to vote for that candidate as the first choice | 478 |
for nomination as the candidate of the political party for the | 479 |
presidency of the United States at the political party's national | 480 |
convention. | 481 |
(D)(1) The state central committee of each major political | 482 |
party, through its chairperson, not later than the
fifteenth day | 483 |
prior to the date of the presidential primary election, shall
file | 484 |
with the secretary of state the rules of its political party | 485 |
adopted by the state central committee at a meeting open to all | 486 |
members of the committee's party, which affect the selection of | 487 |
delegates and alternates to its party nominating convention. | 488 |
(3) The political party shall select delegates and alternates | 495 |
to its national convention in accordance with the party's | 496 |
constitution and bylaws. At the political party's national | 497 |
convention, those delegates shall select, as their first choice | 498 |
for nomination as the candidate of the political party for the | 499 |
presidency of the United States, the candidate who is identified, | 500 |
on the certificate of nomination issued under division (D)(2) of | 501 |
this section, as having received the highest number of votes | 502 |
throughout the state in that party's presidential primary | 503 |
election. | 504 |
Sec. 3513.13. Separate primary election ballots shall be | 505 |
provided by the board of elections for each political party
having | 506 |
candidates for nomination or election in a primary
election. | 507 |
Section 3505.08 of the Revised Code governing the kind
of paper, | 508 |
the kind of ink, and the size and style of type to be
used in the | 509 |
printing of ballots for general elections shall apply
in the | 510 |
printing of ballots for primary elections. | 511 |
Such ballots shall have printed at the top thereof and
below | 523 |
the stubs "Official .......... (name of party) ...........
primary | 524 |
ballot" and instructions to the voter to the effect that
to vote | 525 |
for a candidate the voter shall record the
vote in the manner | 526 |
provided on the ballot next to the name of
such candidate, except | 527 |
as
provided in section 3513.151 of the Revised Code, and that if | 528 |
hea
voter who
tears, soils, defaces, or erroneously marks the | 529 |
ballot he may
return it to the precinct election officers and | 530 |
obtain another
ballot. | 531 |
Except as provided in section 3513.151 of the Revised Code, | 532 |
primaryPrimary election ballots shall contain the names of all | 533 |
persons
whose declarations of candidacy and petitions have been | 534 |
determined to be valid. The name of each candidate for
nomination | 535 |
for, or election to, an office or position shall be
printed in an | 536 |
enclosed rectangular space at the left of which an
enclosed blank | 537 |
rectangular space shall be provided. The names of
candidates shall | 538 |
be printed on the ballot immediately below the
title of the office | 539 |
or position for nomination or election to
which the candidate | 540 |
seeks nomination or election. The order in
which offices and | 541 |
positions shall be listed on the ballot shall
be prescribed by and | 542 |
shall be certified to each board by the
secretary of state, and | 543 |
shall be the same, to the extent the
secretary of state deems | 544 |
practicable, as is provided for the
listing of offices on general | 545 |
election ballots. | 546 |
Sec. 3513.14. Except in elections for
which the board of | 547 |
elections has received no valid declarations of
intent to be a | 548 |
write-in candidate under section
3513.041 of the Revised Code, | 549 |
immediately below the title of each office
for which nominations | 550 |
are to be made and the names of candidates
for such nomination | 551 |
printed thereunder, there shall be provided
on each primary | 552 |
election ballot as many blank spaces as, but not
more than, the | 553 |
number of nominations to be made for such office,
in which the | 554 |
voter may write the names of persons for whose
nomination hethe | 555 |
voter desires to vote, provided that inasmuch
as
candidates for | 556 |
the office of delegate and alternate to the
national and state | 557 |
conventions, member of the state central
committee, and member of | 558 |
the county central committee are elected by direct vote of the | 559 |
members of a political party
at the primary election no blank | 560 |
space shall be left on the
ballot after the names of the | 561 |
candidates for such office, and no
vote shall be counted for any | 562 |
person whose name has been written
in on said ballot for any of | 563 |
such offices. If no person files
and qualifies as a candidate for | 564 |
the office of member of the
state central committee or member of | 565 |
the county central committee
such office shall not appear on the | 566 |
ballot. | 567 |
Sec. 3513.15. The names of the candidates in each group of | 576 |
two or more candidates seeking the same nomination or election at | 577 |
a primary election, except delegates and alternates to the | 578 |
national convention of a political party, shall be rotated and | 579 |
printed as provided in section 3505.03 of the Revised Code,
except | 580 |
that no indication of membership in or affiliation with a | 581 |
political party shall be printed after or under the candidate's | 582 |
name. When the names of the first choices for president of | 583 |
candidates for delegate and alternate are not grouped with the | 584 |
names of such candidates, the names of the first choices for | 585 |
president shall be rotated in the same manner as the names of | 586 |
candidates. The specific form and size of the ballot shall be | 587 |
prescribed by the secretary of state in compliance with this | 588 |
chapter. | 589 |
(2) A vacancy may be filled under division
(A)(1)(a) and a | 618 |
selection may be made under division
(A)(1)(b) of this section
by | 619 |
the appropriate committee of the political party in the same | 620 |
manner as provided in divisions
(A)
to (E) of section
3513.31
of | 621 |
the Revised Code for the filling of similar vacancies
created
by | 622 |
withdrawals
or disqualifications under section 3513.052
of the | 623 |
Revised Code after the primary election, except that
the | 624 |
certification required under that
section may not be filed with | 625 |
the secretary of state, or with a board of the most populous | 626 |
county of a district, or with the board of a county in which the | 627 |
major portion of the population of a subdivision is located,
later | 628 |
than four p.m. of the tenth day before the day of such
primary | 629 |
election, or with any other board later than four p.m.
of the | 630 |
fifth day before the day of such primary election. | 631 |
(3) If only one valid declaration of candidacy is
filed for | 632 |
nomination as a candidate of a political party for an
office and | 633 |
that candidate dies on or after the tenth day before
the day of | 634 |
the primary election, that candidate is considered to
have | 635 |
received the nomination of that candidate's political party at | 636 |
that
primary election, and, for purposes of filling the vacancy so | 637 |
created,
that candidate's death shall be treated as if that | 638 |
candidate died on the day
after the day of the primary election. | 639 |
(B) Any person filing a declaration of candidacy may
withdraw | 640 |
as such candidate at any time prior to the primary
election, or, | 641 |
if the primary
election is a presidential primary
election, at any | 642 |
time prior to
the fiftieth day before the
presidential primary | 643 |
election. The withdrawal
shall be effected
and
the statement of | 644 |
withdrawal shall be filed in accordance with
the
procedures | 645 |
prescribed in division (D) of this section
for the
withdrawal of | 646 |
persons nominated in a primary election or
by
nominating petition. | 647 |
(C) A person who is seeking nomination as the first choice | 648 |
for president of
the
United States by a candidate for delegate or | 649 |
alternatedelegates to a
national convention of a political party | 650 |
may withdraw consent
for
the selection of the person as such first | 651 |
choice
nocandidate not later than
four p.m. of
the thirtieth day | 652 |
before the day of the
presidential
primary election. Withdrawal
of | 653 |
consent shall be for the entire
slate of
candidates for delegates | 654 |
and alternates who named such
person as
their presidential first | 655 |
choice and shall constitute
withdrawal
from the primary election | 656 |
by such delegates and
alternates. The
withdrawal shall be made in | 657 |
writing and delivered
to the
secretary of state. If the withdrawal | 658 |
is delivered to the secretary of state on or before the sixtieth | 659 |
day before the day of the primary election, or, if the election is | 660 |
a presidential primary election, on or before the forty-fifth day | 661 |
before the day of the presidential primary election, the boards of | 662 |
elections shall remove
both
the name of the withdrawn first choice | 663 |
and the names of such
withdrawn candidatescandidate from the | 664 |
ballots according to the
directions of the secretary of state. If | 665 |
the withdrawal is delivered to the secretary of state after the | 666 |
sixtieth day before the day of the primary election, or, if the | 667 |
election is a presidential primary election, after the forty-fifth | 668 |
day before the day of the presidential primary election, the board | 669 |
of elections shall not remove the name of the withdrawn first | 670 |
choice and the names of the withdrawn candidatescandidate from | 671 |
the ballots. The board of elections shall post a notice at each | 672 |
polling location on the day of the primary election, and shall | 673 |
enclose with each absent voter's ballot given or mailed after the | 674 |
candidate withdraws, a notice that votes for the withdrawn first | 675 |
choice or the withdrawn candidatescandidate will be void and will | 676 |
not be counted. If such names arethe candidate's name is not | 677 |
removed from all ballots before the day of the election, the
votes | 678 |
for the withdrawn first choice or the withdrawn candidates | 679 |
candidate are void and
shall
not be counted. | 680 |
(D) Any person nominated in a primary election or by | 681 |
nominating
petition as a candidate for election at the next | 682 |
general election
may withdraw as such candidate at any time prior | 683 |
to the
general election.
Such
withdrawal may be effected by the | 684 |
filing of a written statement
by such candidate announcing the | 685 |
candidate's withdrawal and
requesting that the candidate's name | 686 |
not be printed on the
ballots. If such candidate's
declaration of | 687 |
candidacy or nominating petition was filed with
the secretary of | 688 |
state, the candidate's statement of
withdrawal shall be
addressed | 689 |
to and filed with the secretary of state. If such
candidate's | 690 |
declaration of candidacy or nominating petition was
filed with a | 691 |
board of elections, the candidate's statement
of withdrawal
shall | 692 |
be addressed to and filed with such board. | 693 |
(E) When a person withdraws under division
(B) or (D) of
this | 694 |
section on or before the sixtieth day before the day of the | 695 |
primary election, or, if the election is a presidential primary | 696 |
election, on or before the forty-fifth day before the day of the | 697 |
presidential primary election, the board of
elections shall remove | 698 |
the name of the
withdrawn candidate from
the ballots according to | 699 |
the
directions of the
secretary of state. When a person withdraws | 700 |
under division (B) or (D) of this section after the sixtieth day | 701 |
before the day of the primary election, or, if the election is a | 702 |
presidential primary election, after the forty-fifth day before | 703 |
the day of the presidential primary election, the board of | 704 |
elections shall not remove the name of the withdrawn candidate | 705 |
from the ballots. The board of elections shall post a notice at | 706 |
each polling place on the day of the primary election, and shall | 707 |
enclose with each absent voter's ballot given or mailed after the | 708 |
candidate withdraws, a notice that votes for the withdrawn | 709 |
candidate will be void and will not be counted. If the name is not | 710 |
removed
from all ballots
before the day of the election, the votes | 711 |
for the
withdrawn
candidate are void and shall not be counted. | 712 |