2-13-205 - Presidential preference primaries Date of election Failure to have candidate's name on ballot.

2-13-205. Presidential preference primaries Date of election Failure to have candidate's name on ballot.

On the first Tuesday in February before presidential electors are elected, a presidential preference primary shall be held for each statewide political party. If no candidate will appear on the presidential preference primary ballot of a political party under § 2-5-205, no presidential preference primary shall be held for that political party.

[Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1976, ch. 439, § 3; 1977, ch. 316, § 3; T.C.A., § 2-1316; Acts 1986, ch. 562, § 5; 2003, ch. 374, § 2; 2007, ch. 71, § 1.]