§ RSMo § 115.377Certification of nomination by committee or committee chairman, form of — candidate's declaration, form of

1. Each selection of a candidate made by a party nominating committee pursuant to section 115.363 shall be certified by the chair or acting chair of the nominating committee and filed with the election official authorized to receive declarations of candidacy for the office, provided that no committee member may act as chair for purposes of certifying his or her own selection as candidate. Each such certification shall be subscribed and sworn to by the chair or acting chair before the election official accepting the certification or a notary public and shall be in substantially the following form: ­ I, ______, Chair (Acting Chair) of the ______ party nominating committee duly authorized to nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy created by the death (withdrawal, disqualification, resignation) of ______, do hereby certify that on the ______ day of ______, ______, the nominating committee met and duly selected ______ as the ______ party candidate for nomination (election) to (fill the unexpired term in) the office of ______, district ______, at the primary (general, special) election to be held on the ______ day of ______, ______. I further certify that before the meeting, each member of the nominating committee was properly notified of the time and place of the meeting, a majority vote of the members of the nominating committee were present at the meeting, and ______ was duly selected by a majority of the members present at the meeting. __________________ Subscribed and sworn Signature of chair to before me this or acting chair ______ day of ______, ______ __________________ Signature of election official or notary public