HB488 Alabama 2013 Session

Sponsors

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

<p class="bill_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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 17-13-18, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to primary elections; to provide that if no candidate receives at least 35 percent of all of the votes case in a primary election for any one office or offices for the nomination to which there were more than two candidates, then a second primary election would be held. </p>

Subjects

Elections