Independent candidate definition

Independent candidate means any candidate who claims not to be affiliated with a political party, and whose name has been certified on the office-type ballot at a general or special election through the filing of a statement of candidacy and nominating petition, as prescribed in section 3513.257 of the Revised Code.

Independent candidate means a candidate who is registered as an independent or with no party preference or who is registered with a political party that is not eligible for recognition on the ballot.

Independent candidate means a candidate who has properly filed

Examples of Independent candidate in a sentence

• The MITSC Executive Director and Commissioner Mark Chavaree met Independent candidate Barbara Merrill and her campaign manager on October 6, 2006.

• He was an Independent candidate in the 1999 Presidential elections.Salima Ghezali -- Editor of the banned Algerian newspaper- La Nation.

• Independent candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDALLAHI was inaugurated in April 2007 as Mauritania's first freely and fairly elected president.

• SOS A voter may not sign more than one statement of nomination (“petition”) for an Independent candidate for the same office, unless there is more than one seat in the district.

• There could be challenges in terms of managing the Council if the Mayor is from a different political party than the majority party or an Independent candidate.

More Definitions of Independent candidate

Independent candidate means a South African citizen contesting an election and who is not nominated on a list of a party contesting an election”;

Independent candidate means a candidate in a nonpartisan election or a candidate in a partisan election who is not the nominee of a political party.

Independent candidate means a candidate who does not represent a political party that has been granted ballot status for the general election and who has qualified, or is seeking to qualify, to be on the general election ballot.

Independent candidate means a candidate for presidential, parliamentary or county elections who is not a member of a political party;

Independent candidate means a candidate not sponsored by a political party;

Independent candidate means a person who does not stand in an election for any political party, whether individually or in a group;

Independent candidate means a candidate who does not represent a political party that has been granted ballot status and holds a primary election to choose its nominee for the general election.