Section 6-147. Multiple designations of a candidate for a party position  


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  • 1.
      The name of a person designated on more than one petition as a candidate
      for  a  party  position  to  be  filled  by two or more persons shall be
      printed on the ballot with the group of  candidates  designated  by  the
      petition   first  filed  unless  such  person,  in  a  certificate  duly
      acknowledged by him and filed with the board of elections not later than
      the eighth Tuesday preceding the primary election or five days after the
      board of elections mails such person notice of his designation  in  more
      than one group, whichever is later, specifies another group in which his
      name shall be printed.
        2.  A  person  designated as a candidate for the position of member of
      the county committee in more than one election district shall be  deemed
      to  have been designated in the lowest numbered election district unless
      such person, in a certificate duly acknowledged by him, and  filed  with
      the  board  of elections not later than the eighth Tuesday preceding the
      primary election or five days after the board of  elections  mails  such
      person  notice  of  his  designation  in more than one election district
      whichever is later, specifies that he wishes to be deemed designated  in
      a different election district.
        3.   The  board  of  elections  shall  forthwith  notify  each  person
      designated more than once for the same party position  in  one  or  more
      districts  of  the  fact of such designations and of his right to file a
      certificate pursuant to the provisions of this section,  specifying  the
      group or district in which he wishes to be deemed a candidate.