Runoff Election
Runoff Election: Election to select a winner following a primary, or sometimes a general election, in which no candidate in the contest received the required…
Definition
Election to select a winner following a primary, or sometimes a general election, in which no candidate in the contest received the required minimum percentage of the votes cast. The two candidates receiving the most votes for the race in question proceed to the runoff election.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Election to select a winner following a primary election or a general election, in which no candidate in the contest received the required minimum percentage of the votes cast.
- Definition 3
Election to select a winner following a primary election or a general election, in which no candidate in the contest received the required minimum percentage of the votes cast. The two candidates receiving the most votes for the contest in question proceed to a runoff election.
- Definition 4
An election held to select in a winner in a RACE in which no candidate received a prescribed minimum percentage of the vote. There is typi cally a threshold percentage required to qualify for the runoff. “Any single election required by county charters preceded by an election that failed to elect a candidate.” 2 Hawaii Rev. Stat. §11-1.