Bill Text: MO HB1566 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes procedures for a general election following a primary election that has resulted in a tie vote between candidates for a county office
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-02 - Referred: Rules(H) [HB1566 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1566-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES MUNTZEL (Sponsor), LOVE, HICKS, KORMAN, RHOADS AND NEELY (Co-sponsors).
5192H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 115, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to primary election results.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 115, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 115.131, to read as follows:
115.131. 1. In the event there is a tie vote between two candidates in a primary election for a county office, and the candidates do not mutually consent to resolve the tie by lottery, withdrawal, or another method, then each candidate who failed to win the election as a result of the tie shall be permitted to place his or her name on the ballot at the general election. However, his or her name shall appear on the ballot with no political party designation.
2. The provisions of this section shall apply only in the case of an uncontested general election in which the candidates who tie during a political party primary are the only candidates eligible to run for the county office because that all other political party or independent candidates have not met the requisite filing requirements to run for such office.
3. If a general election is contested as a result of this section, any tie vote in a political party primary shall be resolved under section 115.515 prior to the general election.
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