GT 0004 - charter amendment for ranked choice voting

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GT -004 Section 13-27. County Election. (a) No person shall be a candidate for more than one elective office in the same election. If no person is elected to a county office, the county council shall appoint a person to fill such office. County elections shall be conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state insofar as applicable. (b) All county elective officers—mayor, council members, and prosecuting attorney—shall be elected in nonpartisan a special elections. Such spccial cicctionschall to be held with the primary and general elections of the applicable year. (c) First spccial cicction. The first spccial cicction shall bc hcld with thc rcgularly schcdulcd primary cicction. Any candidatc for mayor, prosccuting attorncy or council rccciving a majority of all votcs validly cast for candidatcs for that officc, cxcluding blank and spoilcd ballots, shall bc dccmcd cicctcd. If thcrc is only one candidatc for thc officc, that candidatc shall bc dccmcd cicctcd rcgardlcss of the numbcr of votcs rcccivcd. (d) Sccond special election. The sccond special election shall be held with the regularly scheduled general election. Unlcss a candidatc has bccn cicctcd in thc first spccial cicction, thc two candidatcs rccciving thc highcst numbcr of votcs for thc officc in qucstion in thc first spccial cicction shall be placcd on thc ballot for thc sccond spccial cicction. At thc sccond spccial cicction thc candidate rccciving thc highcst numbcr of votcs for each rcspcctivc officc shall bc dccmcd cicctcd.