Candidate Dies Before Election

[NCSUSBCA]

We nominated a candidate for a director position and her name is on the ballot. She has contracted leukemia and is now in hospice care. The odds are she may pass before the actual election.

If a candidate is on the ballot and dies before the election, does that candidate's name remain on the ballot or should it be removed? Is there a special procedure to remove that candidate's name (who has the authority to do so)?

Thank you.

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Keep it on the ballot.

[Shmuel Gerber]

9 hours ago, NCSUSBCA said:

If a candidate is on the ballot and dies before the election, does that candidate's name remain on the ballot or should it be removed? Is there a special procedure to remove that candidate's name (who has the authority to do so)?

I disagree with Mr. Huynh's answer. Since dead candidates are no longer eligible candidates for election, I see no reason to have their names on the ballot.

And I trust that no one will disagree that whoever is in charge of determining which names appear on the ballot is in charge of determining which names appear on the ballot.

[Gary Novosielski]

11 hours ago, NCSUSBCA said:

We nominated a candidate for a director position and her name is on the ballot. She has contracted leukemia and is now in hospice care. The odds are she may pass before the actual election.

If a candidate is on the ballot and dies before the election, does that candidate's name remain on the ballot or should it be removed? Is there a special procedure to remove that candidate's name (who has the authority to do so)?

Thank you.

Well that second question is the real question.  

Who has the authority to put names on the ballot in the first place? In all likelihood it is the assembly, by the nomination process.    There is no un-nominate motion, but a point of order that the deceased's name should be removed from the ballot on grounds of eligibility should be ruled well-taken. That's presuming that there is another meeting before the election and sufficient time to effect the change.

If there's no time to reprint the ballots, an announcement can be made at the election meeting to ensure that everyone knows that she has died and that any votes for her will be treated as illegal votes.*

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*that is, they are counted as votes cast but are not credited to any candidate.