Section 5-203 - Voter registration and party affiliation.
§ 5-203. Voter registration and party affiliation.
(a) Voter registration required.-
(1) This subsection does not apply to a candidate for:
(i) President or Vice President of the United States; or
(ii) any federal office who seeks nomination by petition.
(2) Unless the individual is a registered voter affiliated with the political party, an individual may not be a candidate for:
(i) an office of that political party; or
(ii) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nomination by that political party.
(b) Party affiliation - Exception for judicial and county board of education candidates.- The requirements for party affiliation specified under subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a candidate for:
(1) a judicial office; or
(2) a county board of education.
[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 5-203; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]