This bill addresses primary elections.
This bill:
- provides that, for certain primary election races, the person who wins the nomination will be determined by conducting a runoff election between the two candidates who received the most votes in the initial primary election if:
no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes in the race; andthe candidate who receives the highest number of votes does not receive at least 10% more of the total votes cast in the race than the candidate who receives the second highest number of votes;
- describes deadlines, notice requirements, and procedures relating to a runoff election, including party affiliation deadlines and procedures for a military or overseas voter to cast a ballot in a runoff election; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20A-1-304, 20A-6-203, 20A-9-403
Substitute #1: 20A-1-304, 20A-4-301, 20A-4-306, 20A-6-203, 20A-9-403, 20A-16-201
Substitute #3: 20A-1-304, 20A-2-107, 20A-2-107.5, 20A-4-301, 20A-4-304, 20A-4-306, 20A-6-203, 20A-9-403, 20A-16-201
Substitute #2: 20A-1-304, 20A-2-107, 20A-2-107.5, 20A-4-301, 20A-4-306, 20A-6-203, 20A-9-403, 20A-16-201