Title 16 — Elections and Electors

A. At a primary election, each political party entitled and intending to make nominations for the ensuing general or special election, if it desires to have the names of its candidates printed on the official ballot at that general or special election, shall nominate its candidat…

If no candidate is nominated in the primary election for a particular office, then no candidate for that office for that party may appear on the general or special election ballot except as provided in section 16-344.

B. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any nonpartisan election and to have the person's name printed on the official ballot shall be at the time of filing a qualified elector of the county, city, town or district and, not less than one hundred twenty nor more than one h…

A. Any person desiring to become a write-in candidate for an elective office in any election shall be at the time of filing a qualified elector of the county or district the person proposes to represent and shall have been a resident of that county or district for one hundred twe…

In a special primary election called by proclamation, nominating papers may be filed not less than sixty days before the date fixed by the proclamation for the special primary election. Nomination petitions shall be filed no later than sixty days before the special primary electi…

A. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election and to have the person's name printed on the official ballot shall file, not less than one hundred twenty nor more than one hundred fifty days before the primary election and with the same officer as provided by section…

A. The nomination petitions shall be in substantially the following form: 1. Petitions shall be on paper eleven inches wide and eight and one-half inches long. 2. Petitions shall be headed by a caption stating the purpose of the petition, followed by the body of the petition stat…

(Added with a 1998 Prop. 105 clause pursuant to L14, Ch. 45) A. Notwithstanding any other statute in this title, the secretary of state shall provide a system for qualified electors to sign a nomination petition and to sign and submit a citizens clean elections five dollar contri…

A. Notwithstanding any other statute in this title, the secretary of state shall provide a system for qualified electors to sign a nomination petition for candidates for city or town office, county office, justice of the peace, constable and the office of precinct committeeman by…

A. Notwithstanding any other statute in this title, the secretary of state shall provide a system for qualified electors to sign a nomination petition for a candidate for the office of United States senator or representative in Congress by way of a secure internet portal. The sys…

B. This section applies only to candidates for: 1. Judicial offices that require nominating petitions under section 16-333. 2. The office of clerk of the superior court.

A candidate who wishes to withdraw as a candidate shall submit a signed notarized statement of withdrawal to the filing officer for the candidate's office.

A. Each signer of a nomination petition shall sign only one petition for the same office unless more than one candidate is to be elected to such office, and in that case not more than the number of nomination petitions equal to the number of candidates to be elected to the office…

A. Nomination petitions shall be signed by a number of qualified signers equal to: 1. If for a candidate for the office of United States senator or for a state office, excepting members of the legislature and superior court judges, at least one-fourth of one percent but not more …

A. In any election at which two or more judges of the superior court are to be voted for or elected for the same term, it shall be deemed that there are as many separate offices to be filled as there are judges of the superior court to be elected. Each separate office shall be de…

A. In any election at which two or more justices of the supreme court or judges of the court of appeals are to be voted for or elected for the same length of term, it shall be deemed that there are as many separate offices to be filled as there are judges of the court to be elect…

Any nominating petition for a candidate for judge of the superior court, judge of the court of appeals or justice of the supreme court to be voted on at any election shall be prepared and filed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any petition filed by a candidate f…

B. This article shall not be used to place on the general election ballot the name of a political party that fails to meet the qualifications specified in section 16-802 or 16-804, or the name of any candidate representing such party or the name of a candidate who has filed a nom…

Nominations entitling candidates to have their names printed on the official ballot for a special election held for the purpose of filling a vacancy in an office may be made by delegates assembled in convention if, in the judgment of the secretary of state and the attorney genera…

A. A vacancy occurring due to death, mental incapacity or voluntary withdrawal of a candidate after the close of petition filing but before a primary or general election shall be filled by the political party with which the candidate was affiliated as follows: 1. In the case of a…

A. The chairman of the state committee of a political party that is qualified for representation on an official party ballot at the primary election and accorded a column on the general election ballot shall appoint candidates for the office of presidential elector equal to the n…

A. Any elector filing any court action challenging the nomination of a candidate as provided for in this chapter shall do so not later than 5:00 p.m. of the tenth day, excluding Saturday, Sunday and other legal holidays, after the last day for filing nomination papers and petitio…

For any challenge of a candidate's nominating petition for which the county recorder or officer in charge of elections is required to conduct signature verification and to which the county recorder or officer in charge of elections is a party, the court may award to the county re…