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The Honorable Mary Estill Buchanan Secretary of State 1575 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203

Dear Ms. Buchanan:

This opinion is forwarded in response to your request of September 15, 1978. You have asked this office for an opinion on questions relating to the eligibility of candidates for county office nominated at a primary election. Further, you request an opinion on the procedures necessary to remove an ineligible candidate from the general election ballot, and whether such ineligible candidate may decline the primary nomination and create a vacancy to be filled by party committee.

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