Special Election
Special Election: Primary, general, municipal, proposition, run-off, or recall election that is not held on a date and time regularly scheduled through statute.
Definition
Primary, general, municipal, proposition, run-off, or recall election that is not held on a date and time regularly scheduled through statute. A special election may be combined with a scheduled election.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Primary election or general election that is not regularly scheduled.
- Definition 3
Primary election or general election that is not regularly scheduled. A special election may be combined with a scheduled election.
- Definition 4
An election, usually not at a regularly scheduled time, occasioned by necessity, e.g. to fill a vacant office. An “election, the specific time for the holding of which is not prescribed by law.” Cal. Elec. Code §356. “a municipal election on any question which may legally be submitted to the voters of a municipality other th an at a regular municipal primary or general election or an election on the question of whet her to incorporate.” Wyo. Stat. §22-23-801. Cf. REGULAR ELECTION.