Withdraw
Election
When a candidate who has filed for a place on a ballot submits a signed, notarized document to the filing authority requesting that the candidate’s name be omitted from the ballot. The withdrawal request must be timely filed; a withdrawal request filed after a given deadline or in any other way not in compliance with state law has no legal effect. Depending upon the timing of the withdrawal, the candidate’s name may or may not be removed from the ballot.
- — Glossary of Elections Terminology retrieved 2014-06-26