NOTE: §410.9 as enacted by Acts 2024, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, eff. June 12, 2025, for certain
purposes, and eff. Jan. 1, 2026, for all other purposes. See Acts 2024, No. 640 and Acts
2025, No. 386.
§410.9. Nomination of candidates in a party primary election; general election; unopposed
candidate
A. If, after the close of the qualifying period for candidates in a party primary
election, only one candidate qualified for the major political party or only one candidate for
the major political party remains after the withdrawal of one or more candidates, the
candidate is declared the nominee of the party, and his name shall not appear on the ballot
in a party primary election but shall be on the ballot for the general election. If a party
primary election ballot was printed with the name of a candidate who withdrew on it, any
votes received by a candidate who withdrew shall be void and shall not be counted for any
purpose whatsoever.
B. If, after the close of the qualifying period for candidates for a party primary
office, only one candidate qualified for a party primary election or the general election or
only one candidate remains after the withdrawal or disqualification of one or more
candidates, the candidate is declared elected by the people at the close of the polls on the
day of the general election, and his name shall not appear on the ballot in a party primary
and such candidate's name shall not appear on the general election ballot.
Acts 2024, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. See Act; Acts 2024, No. 640, §2, eff. See
Act; Acts 2025, No. 386, §2, eff. See Act.