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Sample Letter
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ELECTION CALENDAR
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PRIMARY
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First Tuesday after the first Monday in March of even numbered
years. Major purposes: to choose party candidates for national and
state offices; to elect delegates to national party conventions; to elect
local candidates to qualified-party central committees; to vote on state
and local measures placed on the ballot by referendum or initiative; to
elect county and judicial officers. If no candidate for a county
or judicial office receives a majority of all votes cast in this election,
a run-off election must occur the following November. |
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GENERAL DATE
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First Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemberof even-numbered years.
Major purpose: to elect state and national officers; to elect county
and judicial officers; to vote on state and local measures placed on the
ballot by referendum or initiative. |
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MUNICIPAL, SCHOOL, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT DATES
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Dates vary by jurisdiction, any of the above days and months in any
year. Major purposes: to elect mayors, council members, boards of
directors and trustees; to vote on local measures placed on the ballot
by referen-dum and initiative. |
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OTHER DATES
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Special elections may be required on other dates due to initiative,
referendum or recall petitions circulated by voters |
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