SUBPART C. QUALIFYING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION
NOTE: §481 eff. until June 12, 2025, for certain purposes, and eff. until Jan. 1, 2026, for
all other purposes. See Acts 2024, No. 640, Acts 2024, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, and Acts 2025,
No. 386.
§481. Candidates who qualify for a general election
The candidates who qualify for each office remaining to be filled in the general
election are those who received the two highest numbers of votes, the four highest number
of votes, and so on among those not elected in the primary election, until the maximum
number of candidates for each office on the general election ballot is reached.
NOTE: §481 as amended by Acts 2024, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, eff. June 12, 2025, for certain
purposes, and eff. Jan. 1, 2026, for all other purposes. See Acts 2024, No. 640 and Acts
2025, No. 386.
§481. Candidates who qualify for a general election
Except for candidates for a party primary office, the candidates who qualify for each
office remaining to be filled in the general election are those who received the two highest
numbers of votes, the four highest number of votes, and so on among those not elected in the
primary election, until the maximum number of candidates for each office on the general
election ballot is reached.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2005, No. 282, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006;
Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts
2024, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. See Act; Acts 2024, No. 640, §2, eff. See Act; Acts 2025,
No. 386, §§ 3, 7, eff. June 20, 2025.