(1) Candidates for president of the United States who are affiliated with a registered political party that has elected to participate in the presidential primary election and who wish to participate in the primary election shall: (a) file a declaration of candidacy, in person or via a designated agent, with the lieutenant governor between August 15 of the year before the primary election will be held and 5 p.m. on December 1 of the year before the primary election will be held; (b) identify the registered political party whose nomination the candidate is seeking; (c) provide a letter from the registered political party certifying that the candidate may participate as a candidate for that party in that party's presidential primary election; and (d) pay the filing fee of $500. (2) The lieutenant governor shall develop a declaration of candidacy form for presidential candidates participating in the primary. (3) An agent designated to file a declaration of candidacy may not sign the form described in Subsection (2).
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