Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Runoff elections; authorize when two candidates highest on the list receive equal number of votes.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/04 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections | |
| 2 | 01/31 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2006 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
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.
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