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Delaware Statutes § 7706 Qualifications of delegates; nomination by petition

⤴ Up to Chapter 77: Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution

Statute Text

Candidates for the office of delegate to the convention shall be citizens and qualified voters of this State. Nominations shall be by petition and not otherwise. A single petition may nominate any number of candidates not exceeding the total number of delegates to be elected from each county, and all candidates on any such petition shall be residents of the same county and shall reside in the county which said candidates propose to represent at such convention and every such petition shall be signed by not less than 100 persons who are qualified voters of the county wherein such candidates reside. Nominating petitions shall be filed with the [department of elections of the county which such candidates propose to represent] Department . Nominations shall be without party or political designation, but the nominating petitions shall contain a statement as to each nominee to the effect that the nominee favors ratification or that the nominee opposes ratification or that the nominee remains uncommitted to either ratification or rejection of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and no nominating petition shall contain the name of any nominee whose position as stated therein is inconsistent with that of the position of any other nominee as stated therein.

History

Amended by Laws 2013 , ch. 275 , s 102 , eff. 7/1/2015 .

38 Del. Laws, c. 5, § 5; Code 1935, § 6210; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 7706; 61 Del. Laws, c. 480, § 23; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186 , § 1 .;

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