§ 6.05. Election procedure.

(a)

Multiple candidates. When two (2) or more candidates qualify as candidates for a seat on the city council to be filled, the persons' names who so qualify for each such seat shall appear on the ballot and be voted upon at a general election to be held on the date established in Section 6.01 of the Charter, and the person receiving a majority of the total number of votes cast for each designated seat on the council shall be declared elected; provided that when no candidate for a seat receives a majority of the votes cast for such seat at the general election, the two (2) persons receiving the highest number of votes cast at such general election shall be declared the remaining candidates for such seat and shall be voted upon in the runoff election, and the person receiving a majority of the total number of votes cast for such seat in the runoff election shall be declared elected. In either event, the candidate elected shall assume office at the same time and in the same manner as those elected in the general election.

(b)

Single candidates. In the event not more than one (1) person qualifies as a candidate, either for ballot listing or write-in, for a seat on the city council to be filled, that seat shall not be listed on the regular city election ballot, and the person who qualified as the only candidate for the seat shall be declared elected.

(Ord. No. 96-26, § 2, 12-10-96; Ord. No. 03-23, § 2, 8-26-03; Ord. No. 13-04, § 2, 3-12-13)