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Section 1-8-14 - Primary Election Law; proclamation; duties of secretary of state

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Upon the proclamation being filed, the secretary of state shall immediately: A. publish the proclamation for five consecutive days in at least four daily newspapers of general circulation in the state; B. post the proclamation and any amended proclamation on the secretary of state's web site; and C. send an authenticated copy of the proclamation or any amended proclamation to each county clerk along with a copy of the text in an editable electronic format. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 163; 2015, ch. 145, § 52. ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, required the secretary of state to post the proclamation, calling a primary election to be held, and any amended proclamation on the secretary of state's website and to send to each county clerk a copy of the proclamation or any amended proclamation along with a copy of the test in an editable electronic format; in Subsection A, after 'state', deleted 'and'; added a new Subsection B and redesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C; and in Subsection C, after 'send', deleted 'by certified mail', after 'copy of the proclamation', added 'or any amended proclamation', and after 'each

edesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C; and in Subsection C, after 'send', deleted 'by certified mail', after 'copy of the proclamation', added 'or any amended proclamation', and after 'each county clerk', added 'along with a copy of the text in an editable electronic format'. Publication costs. — The secretary of state should pay for the publications made from that office. 1943 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 43-4334 (opinion rendered under former law). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability of public officers for breach of duty in respect of election or primary election laws, 153 A.L.R. 109.