Title 16.1, Elections
19 chapters · 332 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-01 Certificate of nomination - Party and independent
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A certificate of nomination must be: 1. The certificate of nomination required to be executed by the state or a county canvassing board pursuant to sections 16.1-15-40 and 16.1-15-21, respectively, for party nominations; 2. The certificate of nomination by petition for independen…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-02 Certificates of nomination by petition - Form and contents
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Certificates of nomination for nominees for an office to be filled at a general or special election, except for an office appearing on the no-party ballot, may be made as provided by this section. Except for nominees for president of the United States, names of nominees so nomina…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-02.1 Applicant's name placed upon ballot - Affidavit to accompany petition
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Upon receipt by the secretary of state of the certificate of nomination provided for in section 16.1-12-02 accompanied by the following affidavit, the secretary of state shall place the applicant's name upon the general election ballot. The affidavit may be filed electronically, …
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-02.2 Certificate of candidacy by write-in candidates
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1. An individual who intends to be a write-in candidate for president of the United States or for statewide or judicial district office at any election shall file a certificate of write-in candidacy with the secretary of state by four p.m. on the twenty-first day before the elect…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-02.3 Nominating petition for an independent candidate not to be circulated more than one hundred fifty days before filing time - Special election
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A petition provided for in this chapter may not be circulated or signed more than one hundred fifty days before the date when any petition must be filed under this chapter. Any signatures to a petition obtained more than one hundred fifty days before that date may not be counted.…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-03 Certificate of nomination to contain only one name - Individual to participate in only one nomination - Exception
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No certificate of nomination provided for by this chapter, except in the case of presidential electors, may contain the name of more than one nominee for each office to be filled. An individual elected or appointed to an office appearing on the no-party ballot or seeking nominati…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-04 Certificates of nomination - Time and place of filing
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1. Certificates of nomination for nominees for offices to be filled by the qualified electors of the entire state must be filed with the secretary of state. Not less than fifty-five days before any general or special election to fill any statewide office, the secretary of state s…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-06 Individual nominated by more than one party
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When one individual has been nominated for the same office by more than one body of electors qualified to make nominations for public office, the nominee shall file with the secretary of state on or before the last day fixed by law for filing certificates of nomination for the of…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-07 If nominee declines - Certificate void
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Any individual intending to decline a nomination shall do so by filing written notice of that intention with the officer with whom the certificate nominating the individual is filed. If the written notice is filed with the appropriate officer within forty-eight hours after four p…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-09 Filling vacancy existing on no-party ballot - Petition required - Time of filing
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1. Whenever a vacancy exists on a no-party ballot for a state office or for judge of a district court, the vacancy may be filled by filing with the secretary of state, before four p.m. on the sixty-fourth day, a written petition as provided in section 16.1-11-06, stating that the…
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-12-10 Party committee to fill vacancy occurring after nomination for party office
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1. If a vacancy occurs in a slate of statewide candidates after the candidates have been nominated at the primary election, the state executive committee of the party that submitted the slate of statewide candidates may fill the vacancy by filing a certificate of nomination with …