HB488 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mike Ball

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Primary elections, runoff election held if no candidate receives at least 35 percent of votes, Sec. 17-13-18 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, if no candidate receives a majority of all of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for the nomination to which there were more than two candidates, a second primary election is held.

This bill would provide that if no candidate receives at least 35 percent of all of the votes cast in a primary election for any one office or offices for the nomination to which there were more than two candidates, a second primary election would be held.

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Subjects

Elections