Section 17-16A-5

Notice to candidate of qualification; withdrawal by candidate.

Whenever the chairman shall receive petitions, timely filed, which appear to qualify the name of a candidate for President to be placed on the ballot, he shall forthwith notify the prospective candidate by the most expeditious means of communication and shall advise such prospective candidate that unless he withdraws his name from the ballot within 10 days after receipt of such notice, his name will appear on the ballot of his party at such presidential preference primary. If a candidate signifies his desire to withdraw his name within the above time limit, his name shall not be printed on the ballot.

(Code 1975, §17-18A-5; Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §5; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1.)