34-624. ELECTION OF PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN — QUALIFICATIONS. (1) At the primary election, 1980, and every two (2) years thereafter, a precinct committeeman for each political party shall be elected in every voting precinct within each county. The term of office of a precinct committeeman shall be from the eighth day following the primary election until the eighth day following the next succeeding primary election.
(2) No person shall be elected to the office of precinct committeeman unless he has attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of his election, is a citizen of the United States, and is a registered elector of the voting precinct for a period of six (6) months next preceding his election.
(3) Each candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy with the county clerk.
(4) No filing fee shall be charged any candidate at the time of his filing his declaration of candidacy.
History:
[34-624, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 104, p. 351; am. 1971, ch. 29, sec. 1, p. 73; am. 1972, ch. 128, sec. 1, p. 256; am. 1975, ch. 174, sec. 16, p. 469; am. 1979, ch. 309, sec. 3, p. 835; am. 1996, ch. 28, sec. 20, p. 75; am. 2011, ch. 285, sec. 5, p. 780; am. 2021, ch. 203, sec. 1, p. 554.]