Elected offices; term of officer elected to fill vacancy, filling vacancies in U.S. Senate & House. (SB1066)

Introduced By

Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Description

Ballots; single ballot used for concurrent elections. Provides that when a special election to fill a vacancy in an office has been called on the day of the general election at which that office is regularly scheduled to be filled, if the same candidates, including party nominees and independent candidates, have qualified to have their names printed on the ballots for the same office at the concurrently held general and special elections, then a single ballot shall be used. The bill provides that a candidate who has qualified to have his name printed on the ballot for the office at the general election is deemed to have qualified to have his name printed on the ballot for that same office at the concurrently held special election, provided he has filed a declaration of candidacy for that office at the special election. However, the bill allows such a candidate to opt out of being a candidate at the special election and allows persons who did not qualify to have their name printed on the ballot at the general election to seek to qualify for the special election. Additionally, the political parties have the right to nominate or to hold a primary to nominate a different candidate for the special election. Read the Bill »

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