§ 603General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and Party Officers to Be Elected

(a) There shall be a General
primary preceding each general election which shall be held on
the third Tuesday of May in all even-numbered years, except in
the year of the nomination of a President of the United States,
in which year the General primary shall be held on the fourth
Tuesday of April. Candidates for all offices to be filled at
the ensuing general election shall be nominated at the General
primary. The vote for candidates for the office of President
of the United States, as provided for by this act, shall be
cast at the General primary.
   (b.1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the General primary
for 2000 shall be held on April 4, 2000.
   (603 amended Nov. 24, 1999, P.L.543, No.51)