20A-9-803. Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form.

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Effective 5/14/2019

(1)Candidates for president of the United States who are affiliated with a registered political party that has elected to participate in the presidential primary election and who wish to participate in the primary election shall:

(a)file a declaration of candidacy, in person or via a designated agent, with the lieutenant governor between August 15 of the year before the primary election will be held and 5 p.m. on December 1 of the year before the primary election will be held;

(b)identify the registered political party whose nomination the candidate is seeking;

(c)provide a letter from the registered political party certifying that the candidate may participate as a candidate for that party in that party's presidential primary election; and

(d)pay the filing fee of $500.

(2)The lieutenant governor shall develop a declaration of candidacy form for presidential candidates participating in the primary.

(3)An agent designated to file a declaration of candidacy may not sign the form described in Subsection

(2).

Amended by Chapter 433 , 2019 General Session