§ 168.99Candidates; death, withdrawal or disqualification; new candidate, selection,

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certification; ballots.


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 Sec. 99.
    When the candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of United
 States senator, shall die, withdraw, remove from the state, or become disqualified for any
 reason, the state central committee of such party shall meet forthwith and by a majority vote of
 the members thereof shall select a candidate to fill the vacancy thereby caused. The name of
 the candidate so selected shall be immediately certified by the chairman and the secretary of
 said committee to the secretary of state and to the board of election commissioners for each
 county, whose duty it is to prepare the official ballots; and said boards shall cause to be printed
 or placed upon such ballots in the proper place the name of the candidate so selected and
 certified to fill such vacancy.

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