§ 6521 Candidate Ballot Withdrawal Notice

• •If the Secretary of State puts a candidate's name on the ballot for the presidential primary, they must tell the candidate.
• •The candidate can choose to remove their name from the ballot by filling out a special form before a certain deadline.
• •The deadline to remove their name is 68 days before the election.

Imagine someone named John wants to run for president in your state. The Secretary of State decides to put John's name on the ballot for the presidential primary.

The Secretary of State must tell John that his name is on the ballot. If John changes his mind and doesn't want to run anymore, he can fill out a form to take his name off the ballot. But he has to do this at least 68 days before the election.