Relating to elections; creating an open primary with party designation for partisan offices; modifying the definitions of major and minor political party, provisions relating to the exclusive right to use a party name, exception; requiring major and minor parties to have a state convention to elect state officers and conduct business; modifying candidate nomination provisions, party name use requirements, certain affidavit of candidacy provisions, nominating petition form requirements for filling a vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan office; modifying oath requirements, provisions relating to certification of candidate names by the secretary of state; specifying certain state primary ballot rotation of names requirements; modifying state partisan primary ballot form requirements; limiting the general election for partisan offices to the top two candidates nominated to the primary; repealing certain state primary provisions
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