Election FAQs
What About Unopposed Candidates? (Pertains to All Candidates)
ss26 6 102. Unopposed candidates.
Any candidate who is unopposed in any election shall be deemed to have been nominated or elected, as the case may be, and his name will not appear on the ballot at any election in which he is so unopposed.
Laws 1974, c. 153, ss 6 102, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
What Election Rules Pertain to Judicial Candidates?
ss26 11 110. Two persons filing.
If two persons file for the same judicial office, their names shall appear on the ballot only at the time of the General Election.
Laws 1974, c. 153, ss 11 110, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
ss26 11 111. More than two persons filing.
If, at the time of the Primary Election, more than two persons have filed for the same judicial office, their names shall appear on the ballot at the time of the Primary Election.
Laws 1974, c. 153, ss 11 111, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
ss26-11-112. No candidate receives majority - Procedure.
If no candidate for the office of an associate district judge, or district judge, if the nominating district is coextensive with the entire judicial district or electoral division of a judicial district, receives a majority of the votes cast for that office at the Primary Election, the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes will have their names placed on the ballot for the General Election. In the case of district judges, if the nominating district is not coextensive with the whole judicial district or electoral division of a judicial district, the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes at the Primary Election will have their names placed on the ballot for the General Election, whether or not one receives a majority of votes cast for that office at the Primary Election.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, ss 11-112, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 247, ss 16, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992; Laws 1995, c. 290, ss 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
ss26-11-113. Candidate receives majority - Procedure.
If one candidate for the office of an associate district judge receives a majority of all votes cast for that office at the Primary Election and, in the case of district judges, if the nominating district is coextensive with the whole judicial district or electoral division of a judicial district, the candidate who received the majority of all votes cast at the Primary Election shall be deemed to have been elected to that office, and that office shall not be listed on the ballot for the General Election.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, ss 11-113, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 290, ss 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
