(a)
(1)
[Certificates of nomination for statewide office to be filed with the State Election Commissioner, and certificates of nominations for nonstatewide offices to be filed with the Department office for the county where the nominee resides, as the case may be,]
Except as provided under paragraph (a)(2) and (a)(4) of this section and §§ 3002(b) and 3301(e) of this title, a certification of nomination
must be filed before the close of the official business day on or before September 1 of the year of any general election,
as follows:
a.
For statewide office, with the State Election Commissioner.
b.
For nonstatewide office, with the Department office for the county in which the nominee resides.
(2)
[and if]
If
September 1 is a Sunday or legal holiday,
[then]
a certificate of nomination under paragraph (a)(1) of this section must be filed
on the next official business day.
(3)
[Certificates]
A certificate
of nomination must be on the form specified by the State Election Commissioner.
(4)
[However, when there is a national nominating convention, the nominees from the]
A nominee nominated for office by a
national nominating convention must be named on a certificate of nomination to be filed before 12:00 noon on the earlier of the following:
[(1)]
a.
The Tuesday following the national nominating convention.
[(2)]
b.
September 15 of the election year.
(b)
Except as provided under §§ 3002(b) and 3301(e) of this title, to be removed from a general election ballot, a nominee must withdraw the certificate of nomination on or before 4:30 p.m. of the first Friday after the deadline for filing the certificate under subsection (a) of this section.
History
Amended by
Laws
2021
, ch.
210
,
s
6
, eff.
9/30/2021
.
Amended by
Laws
2019
, ch.
170
,
s
10
, eff.
7/30/2019
.
Amended by
Laws
2013
, ch.
275
,
s
63
, eff.
7/1/2015
.
19 Del. Laws, c. 37, § 6; 27 Del. Laws, c. 65, § 6; Code 1915, § 1723; Code 1935, § 1812; 43 Del. Laws, c. 129, § 2; 45 Del. Laws, Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 3303; 55 Del. Laws, c. 324; 56 Del. Laws, c. 433, § 1; 58 Del. Laws, c. 258, § 10; 60 Del. Laws, c. 412, § 1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 447, § 8; 74 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1;
75 Del. Laws, c.
232
,
§
40
;
77 Del. Laws, c.
227
,
§§
2
,
44
;
78 Del. Laws, c.
304
,
§
3
.;