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No delegate is obliged to cast his vote on the first ballot at his national party’s nominating convention for the aspirant to the presidential candidacy to whom he was committed on the ballot if, prior to such balloting, the candidate dies, or withdraws his candidacy for any reason or when he relieves the delegates from the obligation of voting for him.\nIn any of the aforementioned circumstances, the delegation shall cast its votes on the first ballot and subsequent ballots according to what is provided for such cases in the regulations of the affiliated political party in question.\nSaid rules must be compatible with the rules and regulations of the national party in question, and must be filed before the Administrator not later than December 15 of the year prior to the presidential election.\nHistory —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 6, p. 997, § 25, renumbered as § 22 on Mar. 15, 1984, No. 2, p. 448, § 15; renumbered as § 21 on July 2, 1987, No. 89, p. 347, § 10.