§ UCA § 20A-9-803Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form

Effective 5/14/2019

20A-9-803. 
Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form.




(1)

Candidates for president of the United States who are affiliated with a registered political party that has elected to participate in the presidential primary election and who wish to participate in the primary election shall:



(a)

file a declaration of candidacy, in person or via a designated agent, with the lieutenant governor between August 15 of the year before the primary election will be held and 5 p.m. on December 1 of the year before the primary election will be held;





(b)

identify the registered political party whose nomination the candidate is seeking;





(c)

provide a letter from the registered political party certifying that the candidate may participate as a candidate for that party in that party's presidential primary election; and





(d)

pay the filing fee of $500.








(2)

The lieutenant governor shall develop a declaration of candidacy form for presidential candidates participating in the primary.





(3)

An agent designated to file a declaration of candidacy may not sign the form described in Subsection (2).



Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session