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Statutes > Virginia > Title-24-2 > Chapter-5 > 24-2-539§ 24.2-539. Party may nominate when nominee dies, withdraws, or nomination isset aside; duty of party chairman.
Should the nominee of any party die, withdraw, or have his nomination setaside for any reason, the party may nominate to fill the vacancy inaccordance with its own rules. A candidate who has been disqualified forfailing to meet the filing requirements of Article 1 (§ 24.2-500 et seq.) ofthis chapter shall not be renominated. No party shall renominate any personwhose nomination has been set aside for fraud knowingly participated in bythe candidate. The party chairman or chairmen shall promptly certify thename of any such nominee to the appropriate electoral boards and the nomineeshall promptly comply with the filing requirements of Article 1 of thischapter.
(Code 1950, §§ 24-234, 24-235, 24-365; 1952, c. 4; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-110,24.1-197; 1976, c. 616; 1980, c. 639; 1984, c. 480; 1990, c. 476; 1992, c.828; 1993, c. 641.)
