Section 2.06. Disqualifications.
The General Assembly may prescribe by law disqualifications
from voting in any election by reason of mental incompetence or
conviction of serious crime, and shall provide by law for the
removal of these disqualifications.
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
Section 2.07. Conduct of Elections.
The General Assembly by law shall define residence, establish a
uniform system of permanent registration of voters, provide for
the nomination of candidates, regulate the time, place, and man-
ner of elections, provide for the uniform administration of elec-
tions, provide for absentee voting, insure secrecy of voting, and
protect the integrity of the election process. A municipal corpo-
ration may prescribe by law election dates and procedures for the
administration and regulation of its municipal elections, subject
to any procedures and standards that the General Assembly may
prescribe by law. The General Assembly shall provide by law for
the supervision and uniform administration of laws enacted by
the General Assembly pursuant to this section.
Section 2.08. General Elections.
A general election shall be held in every even-numbered year
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. State
officers shall be elected at the general election in 1970 and every
fourth year thereafter, except that judges may be elected in any
even-numbered year. County officers shall be elected at the same
time as state officers unless otherwise prescribed by the General
Assembly by law or by the instrument of government of a county.
If members of any public body serve overlapping terms, an
election may be held every two years for those members then to
be elected.
Section 2.09. Pluralities.
The candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be
elected to the offices for which they were candidates.
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