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SECTION 6-152
Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at time of primary election
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 6
§ 6-152. Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at
time of primary election. If a vacancy shall occur in a designation of a
candidate for nomination or election at a primary election, caused by
the death or disqualification of a candidate subsequent to noon of the
seventh day before the primary election and prior to the closing of the
polls, such vacancy shall not be filled and the votes cast for such
deceased or disqualified candidate shall be canvassed and counted, and,
if he shall receive a plurality of the votes cast, another candidate may
thereafter be nominated or the vacancy filled as provided by law or the
rules of the party.