Mississippi Advisory Opinions October 12, 1984: 19841012 (October 12, 1984)
Collection: Mississippi Attorney General Opinions
Docket: 19841012
Date: Oct. 12, 1984
Advisory Opinion Text
Mr. Charles F. Gottschalk
Secretary
Hancock County Election Commission
Post Office Box 249
Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi 39520
Dear Mr. Gottschalk:
Attorney General Edwin Lloyd Pittman has received your opinion request and has assigned it to me for research and reply, your letter stating:
The November 6, 1984 General Election Ballot will contain the names of four candidates for the position of School Board Member District #5.
Will a run-off election be required if no candidate receives a majority vote?
Section 37-5-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, copy attached, includes the language:
The candidate in each supervisor's district who receives the highest number of votes cast in the district shall be declared elected.
Therefore, a “run-off†would be neither required nor authorized.
Yours very truly,
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Attorney General