candidate

candidate
A person who seeks office and who, in the case of a public office to be filled by election, has taken the steps required by the election law to have his name presented at the election so that the voters may vote for him. 25 Am J2d Elect §§ 128 et seq. A person who, after having been nominated as a candidate, is presented in that capacity to the voters at an election. State v Hirsch, 125 Ind 207, 24 NE 1062. A person who seeks a nomination for public office at a primary election. A man is a candidate for an office when he is seeking such office. It is begging the question to say that he is only a candidate after nomination, for many persons have been elected to office who were never nominated at all. Leonard v Commonwealth, 112 Pa 607, 624, 4a 220. See independent candidate; party candidate. Another meaning of the term "candidate" is that of a person proposed for an award or for initiation into a fraternal order.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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