13-38-201. Election of committee representatives at primary. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), each political party shall elect at each primary election one person of each sex to serve as committee representatives for each election precinct. The committee representatives must be residents and registered voters of the precinct.
     (2) An elector may be placed in nomination for committee representative by a written statement, signed by the elector, notarized, and filed in the office of the registrar within the time for filing declarations naming candidates for nomination at the regular biennial primary election.
     (3) Except as provided in subsection (4), the names of candidates for precinct committee representative of each political party must appear on the party ticket in the same manner as other candidates and are voted for in the same manner as other candidates.
     (4) If only one person of each sex has been nominated to fill a precinct's positions, the election administrator may decline to include that precinct's election in the primary election. If a precinct's election is not held during the primary election pursuant to this subsection, the county governing body shall declare elected by acclamation the candidates nominated for that precinct's committee representative positions.

     History: En. Sec. 72, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3401; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 367, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 88, Ch. 414, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 136, Ch. 56, L. 2009.