Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 84 Part 1.djvu/908

 PUBLIC LAW 91-405-SEPT. 22, 1970

850

Direct nomination, petition.

69 Stat. 700; 75 Stat. 817; 82 Stat. 103. D.C. Code 11107.

Post,

p. 851.

Elections. 82 Stat. 105.

Dates. Post,

p. 855.

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and presentation of nominating petitions and the posting and disposition of filing fees. The Board shall arrange the ballot of each political party in each such primary election so as to enable a voter of such party to vote for any one duly nominated candidate of that party for the office of Delegate. "(j)(1) A duly qualified candidate for the office of Delegate may, subject to the provisions of this subsection, be nominated directly as such a candidate for election in the next succeeding general election for such office (including any such election to be held to fill a vacancy). Such person shall be nominated by a petition (A) filed with the Board not less than forty-five days before the date of such general election; (B) signed by duly registered voters equal in number to 2 per centum of the total number of registered voters of the District, as shown by the records of the Board as of ninety-nine days before the date of such election, or by five thousand persons duly registered under section 7, whichever is less; and (C) accompanied by a filing fee of $100. Such fee may be refunded only in the event that the candidate withdraws his nomination by writing received by the Board not later than three days after the date on which nominations are closed under this subsection. No signatures on such a petition may be counted which have been made on such petition more than ninetynine days before the date of such election. "(2) Nominations under this subsection for candidates for election in a general election for the office of Delegate shall be of no force and effect with respect to any person whose name has appeared on the ballot of a primary election for such office held within eight months before the date of such general election. " (k) I n each general election for the office of Delegate, the Board shall arrange the ballots so as to enable a voter to vote for any one of the candidates for such office who (1) has been duly elected by any political party in the next preceding primary or party runoff election for such office, (2) has been duly nominated to fill vacancies in such office pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10, or (3) has been nominated directly as a candidate under subsection (j) of this section. "(1) The signature of a registered voter on any petition filed with the Board and nominating a candidate for election in a primary or general election to any office shall not be counted if, after receipt of a timely challenge to such effect, the Board determines such voter also signed any other valid petition, filed earlier with the Board, and nominating the same or any other candidate for the same office in the same election. " (m) Designations of offices of local party committees to be filled by election pursuant to clause (3) of the first section of this Act shall be effected by written communications filed with the Board not later than ninety days before the date of such election." (c) Section 10 of the District of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by redesignating paragraphs (^), (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs: "(3) Except as otherwise provided in the case of special elections under this Act or section 206(a) of the District of Columbia Delegate Act, primary elections of each political party for the office of Delegate

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