34-702. REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES AT PRIMARY. In addition to possessing all other qualifications, in order to become a candidate of a political party at the general election, those candidates whose names are written in at the primary election must receive at least the following number of write-in votes at the primary election:
(1) One thousand (1,000) for any statewide office;
(2) Five hundred (500) for a congressional district office;
(3) Fifty (50) for a legislative district office;
(4) Five (5) for a county office;
file a declaration of candidacy for that office, and must pay the filing fee required for that office within ten (10) days following the primary election canvass; provided, however, that no write-ins shall be allowed for judicial office.
History:
[34-702, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 106, p. 351; am. 1970, ch. 231, sec. 3, p. 643; am. 1976, ch. 60, sec. 1, p. 202; am. 1996, ch. 28, sec. 23, p. 75.]
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