The nominee of each political party for any office to be filled by the voters of any township or other political subdivision within the county shall be the person receiving the highest number of votes cast in the primary election by the voters of that party for the office and that person shall appear as the party's candidate for the office on the general election ballot. A person whose name is not printed on the official primary ballot shall not be declared nominated as a candidate for such office in the general election unless that person receives the greater of at least five votes or a number of votes equal to at least five percent of the votes cast in the subdivision at the last preceding general election for the party's candidate for president of the United States or for governor, as the case may be. Nomination of a candidate for the office of county supervisor elected from a district within the county shall be governed by section 43.52 and not by this section.
[S13, § 1087-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 581; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 43.53]
Referred to in § 43.54, 43.77, 43.116
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