Rejected by House 7-17-2010
HB201 HFA CARMICHAEL 7-17 #1
Delegate Carmichael moved to amend the committee substitute on
page five at line eight of section four-a, by striking the
following language:
"A special primary election shall be held to nominate party
candidates for the November election. If upon the closure of the
filing deadline for filing a certificate of announcement for the
special primary election there is only one certificate of
announcement in a political party for nomination, the person filing
the certificate shall be declared the nominee for the party. If
only one person has filed a certificate of announcement in each
political party, then no special primary shall be held pursuant to
this section."
AND
on page six at line five of section four-a, by striking subsection
(d) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
(d) The special election to fill this vacancy shall be
conducted as an open general election with no nomination
requirements. Any candidates may appear in the special election to
fill the vacancy after filing a timely certificate of announcement
with the Secretary of State and the payment of the required filing
fee.
(1) Absentee ballots, other than military and overseas ballots, shall be mailed no later than fifteen days prior to the
the general election; military and overseas ballots shall be mailed
no later than thirty days prior to the the general election;
(3) A notarized declaration of candidacy and filing fee shall
be filed and received in hand by the Secretary of State by 5:00
p.m. on the fourth business day following the proclamation of the
special election. The declaration of candidacy may be filed in
person, by United States mail, electronic means or any other means
authorized by the Secretary of State;
(3) An open general election means that any certified
candidate for a vacant United States Senate seat may seek election
without a nominating process and the candidate receiving the most
votes in that election shall be elected to fill that vacancy;
provided that, if no candidate shall receive a majority of votes in
the open general special election a runoff election shall take
place sixty three days after that election which shall be between
the two candidates receiving the largest shares of the vote in that
open general special election.
Adopted
Rejected