Opinion No.

Mr. Charles E. Mosley Jr., Chairman Mississippi County Election Commission Court House Blytheville, Arkansas 72315

Dear Mr. Mosley:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the vote required in a special election to elect a municipal judge to fill a vacancy. Specifically, you note that three active candidates have filed in Mississippi County to run for the vacancy in a municipal judgeship. The special election has been called by the Governor and set for December 3, 1991. Your question is whether, if one of the three candidates does not receive a majority in the special election, a…