Complex sentence: Candidates need to collect 12,500 petition signatures by November 22,2010 to qualify for the election and if no candidate receives 50 per cent of the vote on election day, a runoff election will be held on April 5,2011.
Split into simpler sentences: Candidates need to collect 12,500 petition signatures by November 22,2010 to qualify for the election. If no candidate receives 50 per cent of the vote on election day, a runoff election will be held on April 5,2011.