Repeals, amends and adds to existing law to provide for a nonpartisan election of county, state and district officers.

This legislation provides for what is commonly referred to as a Top 2 Primary. All political party and independent candidates for a partisan political office will appear on a single primary ballot and the two candidates receiving the most votes in the primary will be placed on the general election ballot. A voter's abilitytovoteforacandidatewillnolongerbelimitedbywhetherheorsheisregisteredtovoteasamember of a particular political party, and taxpayers will no longer be required to pay for individual political party contests in which they cannot participate.