§ 2702. Nominating petition
(a) The name of any person shall be printed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for
nomination by any major political party if petitions signed by at least 1,000 voters
in accordance with sections 2353, 2354, and 2358 of this title are filed with the Secretary of State, together with the written consent of the person
to the printing of the person’s name on the ballot.
(b) Petitions shall be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 15th day of December preceding
the primary election.
(c) The petition shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(d) A person’s name shall not be listed as a candidate on the primary ballot of more than
one party in the same election.
(e) Each petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $2,000.00 to be paid to the
Secretary of State. However, if the petition of a candidate is accompanied by the
affidavit of the candidate, which shall be available for public inspection, that the
candidate and the candidate’s campaign committee are without sufficient funds to pay
the filing fee, the Secretary of State shall waive all but $300.00 of the payment
of the filing fee by that candidate.
(f)(1) In order to have votes listed for a write-in candidate under section 2587 of this title, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding the election, a write-in candidate
for nomination shall complete a form of the Secretary of State’s design affirming
that the candidate wants to have received votes for that office in every major political
party’s primary results listed under subdivision 2587(e)(3) of this title. The candidate shall file the form with either all town clerks within the candidate’s
applicable district or the Secretary of State’s office in an electronic manner approved
by the Secretary. The Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate town clerks
of any filings made in accordance with this subsection as soon as practicable.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection, a write-in candidate is not required
to file if:
(A) the candidate has already filed a consent to the printing of the candidate’s name
on the ballot for a major political party, as provided in section 2361, 2385, or 2402 of this title; or
(B) no candidate is printed on the ballot, or if a candidate whose name is printed on
the ballot dies or is otherwise disqualified prior to 7:00 p.m. on the election day. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980; amended 1995, No. 38, § 3; 2011, No. 66, § 16, eff. June 1, 2011; amended 2013, No. 1, § 82; 2017, No. 50, § 62; 2025, No. 70, § 12, eff. June 25, 2025.)