§ 809.1Delegate and Alternate Delegate Commitments; Authorization Required; Petitions

(a) Whenever the rules of
a party provide that a candidate for delegate or alternate
delegate to a National convention of a political party may
pledge his support to a presidential candidate, he shall be
committed to support and vote for the nomination of that
candidate as President as party rules provide, the notation of
which shall be printed upon the ballot in accordance with
section 1002 of this act.
   (b) No candidate for delegate or alternate delegate shall
make a commitment unless he has obtained prior authorization
to do so from the presidential candidate to whom he is pledging
support. No candidate for delegate or alternate delegate shall
be allowed to commit himself to any presidential candidate nor
shall the Secretary of the Commonwealth cause any notation of
commitment to be printed on any ballot unless the presidential
candidate forwards notice to the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
upon a form prescribed by the secretary, that he is a candidate
for the nomination of President of the United States and that
he authorizes delegates and alternate delegates to pledge their
support and commit themselves to him. This notice must be
received by the secretary at least fifteen days prior to the
first day on which nomination petitions may be circulated for
the offices which are to be filled at the Spring primaries in
the years in which candidates for the President of the United
States are to be nominated.
   (c) Nomination petitions for delegates committed to
particular presidential candidates shall be obtained only from
the presidential candidate or his duly authorized representative
who is certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth as being
authorized by the candidate to distribute nomination petitions
bearing his name. ((c) amended Dec. 20, 1983, P.L.299, No.81)
   (809.1 added Dec. 22, 1971, P.L.613, No.165)