Candidate
Candidate: A person who is seeking nomination or election to a specified office and who either has met the legal requirements to have his/her name printed on…
Definition
A person who is seeking nomination or election to a specified office and who either has met the legal requirements to have his/her name printed on the ballot or is eligible to have his/her name written in on the ballot and counted as the voter's choice for the contest. Note - federal campaign finance and some states do not require a person to have filed petitions to be considered a candidate. Raising money alone can make you a candidate.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Person contending in a race for office. A candidate may be explicitly presented as one of the choices on the ballot, or may be a write-in candidate.
- Definition 3
Person contending in a contest for office.
- Definition 4
Person contending in a contest for office. A candidate may be explicitly presented as one of the contest options or may be a write-in candidate.
- Definition 5
1. A “person whose name is on the ballot or who is entitled to be on the ballot to be voted upon for nomination or election at any election.” S. Dak. Code §12-1-3(1). A “person contending in a CONTEST for office. … A candidate may be explicitly presented as one of the CONTEST CHOICES or may be a WRITE-IN.” 2007 VVSG. candidate. 2. In Guam, “one who either seeks a nomination or is proposed for a nomination by sponsors.” 3 Guam Code Ann. §1114. Cf. NOMINEE.