Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

House Bill 201

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Background

Title

Description: Runoff elections; authorize when two candidates highest on the list receive equal number of votes.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/04 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections
2 01/31 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2006
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Principal Author: Holland

Code Sections: A 023-0015-0605, A 023-0015-0611

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-605, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A RUNOFF ELECTION WHERE TWO OR MORE CANDIDATES FOR ANY DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE THE DISTRICT IS COMPOSED OF TWO OR MORE COUNTIES, STANDING HIGHEST ON THE LIST, AND NOT ELECTED, HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF VOTES; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-611, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A RUNOFF ELECTION WHERE TWO OR MORE OF THE CANDIDATES IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN EQUAL NUMBER OF VOTES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/31/06 at 18:07.

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