Art 3 - Sec 13
Article 3 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 13 - VACANCIES; WRITS OF ELECTION
(a) When vacancies occur in either House, the Governor, or the person exercising the power of
the Governor, shall issue writs of election to fill
such vacancies; and should the Governor fail to issue a writ of election to fill any such vacancy
within twenty days after it occurs, the returning officer of the district in which such vacancy may
have happened, shall be authorized to order an election for that purpose.
(b) The legislature may provide by general law for the filling of a vacancy in the legislature
without an election if only one person qualifies and declares a candidacy in an election to fill the vacancy.
(Amended Nov. 6, 2001.)