Enrollment Requirements
Candidates for nomination
in the primary election must be enrolled members of the party
whose nomination they seek
and, except for newly registered voters, must have been enrolled
in that party throughout the 90 days preceding the filing
deadline with the Secretary of State. In addition,
no person can be a candidate for nomination by one party
if that person had been enrolled in any other party during
the one year period preceding the filing date with the Secretary
for this election.
How to run as a non-party candidate
To
run as an unenrolled candidate in the general election,
the candidate may not be enrolled in any political party.
However, a candidate may be enrolled in a political designation
and run under that designation.
Unenrolled candidates for U.S. representative, state senator
and state representative must have been "unenrolled" during
the entire 90 days preceding the deadline for filing nomination
papers with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Unenrolled
candidates must also circulate nomination papers. The papers
will place a candidate's name on the general election ballot,
bypassing the primary.
A candidate must file a certificate of voter registration
to prove he or she is a registered voter and has not been
enrolled in any political party during the 90 days preceding
the deadline for filing nomination papers with the Secretary
of State. This certificate is printed on every
nomination paper. At least one of these certificates must
be signed by at least three members of the board of registrars
or election commission and filed no later than the last
day for filing nomination papers with the Secretary.
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