Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 84 Part 1.djvu/909

 84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-405-SEPT. 22, 1970

851

to the House of Representatives shall be held on the hrst Tuesday in May of each even-numbered year; and general elections for such office shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. "(4) Runoff elections shall be held whenever (A) in any primary Runoffs. election of a political party for candidates for the office of Delegate, no one candidate receives at least 40 per centum of the total votes cast in that election for all candidates of that party for that office, and (B) in any general election for the office of Delegate, no one candidate receives at least 40 per centum of the total votes cast in that election for all candidates for that office. Any such runoff election shall be held not less than two weeks nor more than six weeks after the date on which the Board has determined the results of the preceding primary or general election, as the case may be. At the time of announcing any such determination, the Board shall establish and announce the date on which the runoff election will be held, if one is required. The candidates in a n j such runoff election shall be the two persons who received, respectively, the two highest numbers of votes in such preceding primary or general election; except that if any person withdraws his candidacy from such runoff election (under the rules and within the time limits prescribed by the Board), the person who received the next highest number of votes in such preceding primary or general election and who is not already a candidate in the runoff election shall automatically become such a candidate. "(5) With respect to special elections required or authorized by ^1^^^^^^^ this Act, the Board may establish the dates on which such special elections are to be held and prescribe such other terms and conditions as may in the Board's opinion be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of such elections in a manner comparable to that prescribed for other elections held pursuant to this Act." (2) The last sentence of paragraph (9) of subsection (a) of such section (as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is ^"Q^'^;^^^°: amended by striking out " (5) " and inserting in lieu thereof " (8) ". mb.' (3) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by inserting "the 82 Stat. loe. office of Delegate and for" after "general elections for". (4) Subsection (c) of such section is amended (A) by striking out ^9 Stat. 702. "a tie vote in" and inserting in lieu thereof "a tie vote, the resolution of which will affect the outcome of"; and (B) by striking out "ten days following the election" and inserting in lieu thereof "ten days following determination by the Board of the results of the election which require the resolution of such tie". (5) Subsection (d) of such section is amended (A) by inserting "a ^s^stat'sVg. Delegate or a winner of a primary election for the office of Delegate or" after "any official, other than"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "In the event that such a vacancy occurs in the office of a candidate for the office of Delegate who has been declared the winner in the preceding primary or party runoff election for such office, the vacancy may be filled not later than fifteen days prior to the next general election for such office, by nomination by the party committee of the party which nominated his predecessor, and by paying the filing fee required by section 8(i). In the event ^nte.p. 849. that such a vacancy occurs in the office of Delegate more than twelve months before the expiration of its term of office, the Board shall call special elections to fill such vacancy for the remainder of its term of office."

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