TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS
§ 6341. Nominations – Delegate to the United States House of Representatives. The nomination of candidates for Delegate to the United States House of Representatives is made by petition of any political party or any independent candidate. The procedures for political party nominations and for independent nominations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor set forth in articles 2 and 3 of this chapter shall apply with respect to the nomination of candidates for Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, except that the filing fee shall be five-hundred dollars for each resident representative. Each petition shall be accompanied by the signature of the person nominated, which shall constitute the nominees assent to be a candidate. Source: PL 12-18, § 2 (6341); repealed and reserved by PL 16-13 § 3(c); enacted by PL 17-11 § 12 (August 12, 2010), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission modified this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(e) and (f). Section 6341 was similar to the former § 6331 (source: DL 5-19, § 12, modified) which was repealed and reenacted by PL 1218, § 2. Following the enactment of PL 12-18 this section was entitled “Nominations: Resident Representative to United States” until it was repealed and reserved by PL 16-13 § 3(c). See Commission comment to 1 CMC § 6360 for more information regarding PL 16-13. PL 17-11 provided the current title of this section. For more information regarding PL 17-11, see comment to 1 CMC § 6205.