Election Code
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Section 2: Pre-election Procedure
Statute 2.1: The Committee shall draft nominating petitions, including all necessary forms for candidates to submit qualifying documents, and shall establish a date when all materials shall be due to the Judge of Elections, no later than one week prior to the first day of voting for their offices.
Statute 2.2: The Committee shall set the date and time where each candidate may give a speech in support of his/her candidacy in a public forum prior to the first day of voting for their offices.
Statute 2.3: The Judge of Elections, or his/her designee, shall conduct all information sessions on the dates prescribed by the Committee, shall advise each candidate as to the Code of Election, and shall have authority to interpret any campaign rules as they relate to each candidate, subject to an appeal to a majority vote of the Committee (see further provisions of this Act).
Statute 2.4: The Committee shall publicize the dates of the elections in both written and Internet form continuously from a date no sooner than ten days prior to the election, to run continuously until the close of voting on the last day of the election.
Statute 2.5: The Committee shall meet not more than three days following the deadline for submission of all qualifying materials.
Statute 2.6: Once all candidates are certified, the Committee shall draft ballots according to the remaining provisions of this Act.A): At said meeting, the Committee shall review each document from each candidate, and certify that it conforms to this Code.
B): Should a candidate have successfully completed all necessary nominating materials, he/she shall be notified in writing that his/her name has been placed on the ballot for election to the Senate or Executive Office.
C): If, in the judgment of a majority of the Elections Committee, a candidate has not accurately or completely submitted all necessary qualifying materials, the Committee may employ one of two procedures.C) 1): Should the Committee find, by majority vote, that the errors are minimal and could be easily corrected within twenty-four hours, the Committee shall notify the candidate in writing of such defects, and shall permit him/her to submit an amended petition not more than twenty-four hours from being notified.
C) 2): Should the Committee find, by majority vote, that the errors are of a nature constituting a fatal defect, then the candidate’s name shall not be placed on the ballot, and he/she shall be notified in writing of this decision not more than twenty-four hours after it has been made by the Committee.
C) 3): This Sub-Section should be interpreted as allowing for the greatest reasonable ballot access, unless a candidate has demonstrably shown a disregard for this Code after being notified of its provisions and any rules prescribed by the Committee.
C) 4): The decision of the Elections Committee under this Section may not be appealed.D): No candidate shall be given access to the ballot if his/her signature requirements are not submitted in full by the deadline date. With the exception of emergency situations as agreed to by a 4/5 vote the Election Committee, failure to submit all necessary signatures shall constitute a fatal defect under C2 of this Subsection.