Section 168.624 - Delegate to county or district conventions; qualifications; affidavit of identity; seating of delegates; violation as misdemeanor; complaint; procedure(1) A person holding a public office in this state or a municipal subdivision of this state may become a candidate for delegate to the county or district conventions.(2) A candidate for delegate to the county or district conventions of a political party shall be a qualified and registered elector residing within, as well as having his or her actual bona fide residence within, the election precinct for which he or she desires to become a candidate on the filing deadline. A candidate must file an affidavit of identity as prescribed in section 558(1) with the county clerk of the county in which the candidate resides. A county clerk shall receive affidavits of identity under this section up to 4 p.m. on the thirteenth Tuesday before the time designated for holding a primary election in the county. All duly elected and certified delegates shall be seated at the county or district county conventions. A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.(3) If a written complaint is made to the county clerk with respect to the registration or bona fide residence, or both, of a candidate, the county clerk shall check with the township or city clerk of the township or city in which the candidate is registered or residing, or both. The township or city clerk shall report back to the county clerk within 48 hours as to the registration or bona fide residence, or both, of the candidate. If the township or city clerk's report shows that the candidate is not a registered elector or a bona fide resident of the election precinct of the township or city for which the petition shows the candidate is a resident, the county clerk shall remove the name of the candidate from the ballot. A complaint received by the county clerk after the ballots have been released for printing and before the primary election must not be acted upon.Amended by 2018, Act 120,s 28, eff. 12/31/2018.Amended by 2012, Act 276,s 45, eff. 8/16/2012.1954, Act 116, Eff. 6/1/1955 ;--Am. 1966, Act 42, Imd. Eff. 5/26/1966 ;--Am. 1976, Act 3, Imd. Eff. 2/3/1976 ;--Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. 5/2/1988 ;--Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. 2/12/1990 ;--Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. 3/31/1997 ;--Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. 3/10/2000.