US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  34
                                  ELECTIONS
                                  CHAPTER 9
                                   BALLOTS
    34-904.  PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS. There shall be a single primary
election ballot on which the complete ticket of each political party shall be
printed; however, a county may use a separate ballot for the office of
precinct committeeman. Each political ticket shall be separated from the
others by a perforated line that will enable the elector to detach the ticket
of the political party voted from those remaining. All candidates who have
filed their declarations of candidacy and are subsequently certified shall be
listed under the proper office titles on their political party ticket. The
secretary of state shall design the primary election ballot to allow for
write-in candidates under each office title.
    The office titles shall be listed in order beginning with the highest
federal office and ending with precinct offices. The secretary of state has
the discretion and authority to arrange the classifications of offices as
provided by law.
    It is not necessary to print a primary ballot for a political party which
does not have candidates for more than half of the federal or statewide
offices on the ballot if no more than one (1) candidate files for nomination
by that party for any of the offices on the ballot. The secretary of state
shall certify that no primary election is necessary for that party if such is
the case and shall certify to the county clerk the names of candidates for
that party for the general election ballot only.