§ 16.1-11-39 — Individuals nominated in accordance with provisions of chapter eligible as candidates in general election

candidates in general election.
1. All individuals nominated in accordance with this chapter are eligible as candidates to
be voted for at the ensuing general election, except as provided in this section.
2. Upon receipt of the documents filed by each candidate, the filing officer immediately
shall complete a thorough review of the documents and notify the candidate of any
necessary corrections that must be made before four p.m. on the sixty-fourth day
before the primary election. The filing officer may not place a candidate's name on the
primary election ballot if the filed documents are insufficient and remain uncorrected.
3. If the filing officer discovers, after four p.m. on the sixty-fourth day before the primary
election, an insufficiency in the certificate of endorsement or petition or affidavit of
candidacy filed by a candidate, the candidate may not be deemed nominated until the
insufficiency is corrected. Upon discovery of the insufficiency, the filing officer
immediately shall notify the candidate in writing of the necessary corrections. The
candidate shall file the necessary corrections as soon as practicable, but not later than
four p.m. on the sixty-fourth day before the general election.