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 790 D.c. Code 1°^*

1107

Regulation.

75 Stat. 8 1 8.

Ante, p. 788.

PUBLIC LAW 92-220-DEC. 23, 1971

[85 STAT.

electors of the District of Columbia who have registered under section 7 of this Act and are of the same political party as the candidate. No candidate for delegate or alternate may be listed on the ballot unless such candidate was properly selected according to the rules of his political party relating to the nomination of candidates for delegate or alternate. "(4) The Board shall (A) arrange the ballot for the presidential preference primary so as to enable each voter to indicate his choice for presidential nominee and for the slate of delegates and alternates pledged to support that prospective nominee with one mark, and provide an alternative to vote for individual delegates or uncommitted slates of delegates, and (B) clearly indicate on the ballot the candidate for nomination for President which a slate or candidate for delegate supports. "(5) The delegates and alternates, of each political party within the District of Columbia to the national convention of that party convened for the nomination of the candidate of that political party for President, elected in accordance with this Act, shall only be obligated to vote for the candidate for nomination who received at least a plurality of the votes cast in the presidential preference primary for all such candidates of that party for President held in the District of Columbia at which such delegates were elected on the first and second ballots cast at that convention for nominees for President, or until such time as such candidate receiving a plurality of such vote cast in the presidential preference primary withdraws his candidacy, whichever occurs first. "(g) The Board shall by regulation specify such additional details as may be necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this subsection." (8) Clause (2) of subsection (b) of section 7 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1107) is amended by striking out "section 2(2) " and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraphs (2) and (T) of section 2 of this \et"

National com(Q) Subsection (a) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108), d'atet^^^inrt'ion'. IS amended to read as follows: 69'Stat. 701; " (a)(1) Each candidate for election to the office of national com84 Stat! 853' 854. mittceman or alternate, or national oommitteewoman or alternate, and for election as a member or official designated for election at large under clause (4) of the first section of this Act, shall be a qualified elector registered under section 7 of this Act who has been nominated for such office, or for election as such member or official, by a nominating petition (A) prepared in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Board, (B) signed by not less than five hundred qualified electors registered under such section 7 of this Act, who are of the same political party as the candidate, and (C) filed with the Board not later than the forty-fifth day before the date of the election held for such office, member, or official. "(2) I n the case of a nominating petition for a candidate for election as a member or official designated for election from a ward under clause (4) of such first section, such petition shall be prepared and filed in the same manner as a petition prepared and filed by a candidate under paragraph (1) of this subsection and signed by one hundred qualified electors residing in such ward, registered under section 7 of this Act, who are of the same political party as the candidate." (10) Subsection (b) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108), is amended by striking out "three-year" and inserting in lieu thereof "ninety-day". -

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