406. The chief electoral officer shall, unless election proceedings are recommenced pursuant to subdivision 2 of Division VII of Chapter VI, withdraw the authorization of a party which, at the end of the period prescribed for filing nomination papers at a general election, does not present the required number of candidates, or the number of whose candidates falls below the required minimum after that period but before the end of the polling period.
1987, c. 57, s. 406; 1999, c. 25, s. 47.