§ 6341. Nominations – Delegate to the United States House of Representatives
TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6341. Nominations – Delegate to the United States House of Represent- atives. The nomination of candidates for Delegate to the United States House of Rep- resentatives is made by petition of any political party or any independent candi- date. The procedures for political party nominations and for independent nomina- tions for Governor and Lieutenant Governor set forth in articles 2 and 3 of this chapter shall apply with respect to the nomination of candidates for Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, except that the filing fee shall be five-hundred dollars for each resident representative. Each petition shall be accompanied by the signature of the person nominated, which shall constitute the nominees assent to be a candidate. Source: PL 12-18, § 2 (6341); repealed and reserved by PL 16-13 § 3(c); enacted by PL 17-11 § 12 (August 12, 2010), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission modified this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(e) and (f). Section 6341 was similar to the former § 6331 (source: DL 5-19, § 12, modified) which was repealed and reenacted by PL 12- 18, § 2. Following the enactment of PL 12-18 this section was entitled “Nomi- nations: Resident Representative to United States” until it was repealed and reserved by PL 16-13 § 3(c). See Commission comment to 1 CMC § 6360 for more information regarding PL 16-13. PL 17-11 provided the current title of this section. For more information regarding PL 17-11, see comment to 1 CMC § 6205.
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission