Under existing law, if a municipal election with more than two candidates ends with no candidate receiving a majority of all the votes cast in the election, the municipal governing body shall order a second or runoff election between the two candidates having received the most and second-most votes. This bill would provide that in any municipal election, including an election with only two candidates on the ballot, with no candidate receiving a majority of all the votes cast in the election, the municipal governing body shall order a second or runoff election between the two candidates having recived the most and second-most votes.

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Introduced: 11-46-55