§ 2369 - Determining winner; tie votes
§ 2369. Determining winner; tie votes
Persons who receive a plurality of all the votes cast by a party in a primary shall be candidates of that party for the office designated on the ballot. If two or more candidates of the same party are tied for the same office, the choice among those tied shall be determined:
(1) Upon five days' notice, by the state committee of a party, for a state or congressional office;
(2) By run-off election for a county office, for a state senator, or for a representative to the general assembly. The run-off election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of September and shall be conducted in the same manner as the primary election. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)