115.549. New primary election may be ordered, when. - Missouri Statutes

New primary election may be ordered, when.

115.549. If any court trying a contested primary electiondetermines there were irregularities of sufficient magnitude tocast doubt on the validity of the initial election, it may ordera new primary election for the contested office. The order shallset the date of the election, which shall not be less thanfourteen or more than thirty days after the order is issued, andshall be sent by the clerk of the court to each electionauthority responsible for conducting the special election. Inits order, the court shall specify the name of each candidate forthe office to be voted on at the special election, and theelection shall be conducted and the votes counted as in otherprimary elections. Notice of the election shall be given in suchmanner as the court directs. The person receiving the highestnumber of votes at a special party primary election shall be hisparty's nominee for the contested office. The requisite numberof persons receiving the highest number of votes at any otherspecial primary election shall be the nominees for the office.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.055)

Effective 1-1-78