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Chapter 5 - Candidates for Office (24.2-500 thru 24.2-545)

• 24.2-500 - Qualification of candidates.
• 24.2-501 - Statement of qualification as requirement of candidacy.
• 24.2-502 - Statement of economic interests as requirement of candidacy.
• 24.2-503 - Deadlines for filing required statements; extensions.
• 24.2-503.1 - Description unavailable
• 24.2-504 - Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot.
• 24.2-505 - Declaration of candidacy required of independent candidates.
• 24.2-506 - Petition of qualified voters required; number of signatures required; certain towns excepted.
• 24.2-507 - Deadlines for filing declarations and petitions of candidacy.
• 24.2-508 - Powers of political parties in general.
• 24.2-509 - Party to determine method of nominating its candidates for office; exceptions.
• 24.2-510 - Deadlines for parties to nominate by methods other than primary.
• 24.2-511 - Party chairman or official to certify candidates to State Board and secretary of electoral board; failure to certify.
• 24.2-512 - Primaries to be conducted in accordance with article.
• 24.2-513 - Provisions as to general elections applicable.
• 24.2-514 - To what nominations this article applies.
• 24.2-515 - Presidential year primaries.
• 24.2-515.1 - Schedule for primaries in the year 2001 and each tenth year thereafter.
• 24.2-516 - Party to furnish names of chairmen and notify State Board of adoption of direct primary.
• 24.2-517 - State Board to order election.
• 24.2-518 - County and city treasurers to pay primary expenses; certain uses of machinery by party.
• 24.2-519 - Qualification of primary candidates.
• 24.2-520 - Declaration of candidacy required.
• 24.2-521 - Petition required to accompany declaration; number of signatures required.
• 24.2-522 - When and to whom filings to be made.
• 24.2-523 - Candidates to pay fee before filing.
• 24.2-524 - To whom fees paid; refund of fees.
• 24.2-525 - Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot.
• 24.2-526 - Primary not to be held when less than two candidates declare.
• 24.2-527 - Chairman or official to furnish State Board and local electoral boards with names of candidates.
• 24.2-528 - No primary candidate to be nominated by convention.
• 24.2-529 - Primary ballots.
• 24.2-530 - Who may vote in primary.
• 24.2-531 - Pollbooks and ballot containers.
• 24.2-532 - Abstracts of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded.
• 24.2-533 - Description unavailable
• 24.2-534 - Returns tabulated by State Board; when nominee declared.
• 24.2-535 - Vote required to nominate.
• 24.2-536 - Procedure when a vacancy in office occurs less than 75 days before primary date.
• 24.2-537 - Procedure when nominee by default dies or withdraws or nomination is set aside prior to primary.
• 24.2-538 - Procedure when opposed candidate for nomination dies prior to primary.
• 24.2-539 - Party may nominate when nominee dies, withdraws, or nomination is set aside; duty of party chairman.
• 24.2-540 - Other parties may also nominate; independent candidates.
• 24.2-541 - Printing of names on ballot.
• 24.2-542 - State Board to be furnished names of electors selected by political parties; oaths of electors.
• 24.2-542.1 - State Board to be furnished names of electors selected by political parties; certain national conventions.
• 24.2-543 - How other groups may submit names of electors; oaths of electors.
• 24.2-544 - Time presidential primaries to be held and completion of duties by officers of election; age qualifications for participation.
• 24.2-545 - Presidential primary.