HB 6058 Summary

• Allows candidates nominated for county, township, or judicial offices to withdraw if they are certified as nominees at a subsequent state party convention for statewide office.

• Removes township office from the list of positions where candidates are prohibited from withdrawing after nomination, allowing separate withdrawal provisions for township candidates.

• Creates new sections 357a and 357b establishing withdrawal and replacement procedures specifically for township office candidates.

• Adds "withdrawal" as an explicit cause triggering replacement candidate procedures for county commissioner, county auditor, county road commissioner, and township offices when a vacancy occurs.

• Applies withdrawal provisions to judicial nominees (court of appeals, circuit court, probate court, and district court judges) with a 65-66 day threshold before general elections for filing replacement nominations.