A candidate in a Runoff Primary Election may withdraw as a candidate upon the filing of a written notice of withdrawal as a candidate with the secretary of the election board which accepted said candidate's declaration of candidacy. Said notice shall be signed by the candidate or the lawfully appointed personal representative or a lawfully appointed special administrator of any deceased candidate, whose signature shall be notarized by a notary public, and shall be filed on or before 5:00 p.m. on the Friday following the date of the Primary Election.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-116, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 176, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 88, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.