(a) The Municipal Election Code, Chapter 3, Articles 8 and 9, NMSA 1978, as amended and as supplemented from time to time, shall govern the conduct of all aspects of municipal elections, except where inconsistent with the terms of this Charter, in which event this Charter shall control.
(b) Any ordinance adopted subsequent to the effective date of this Section by a majority of the entire membership of the Council plus two additional members thereof voting in favor of such ordinance, and said ordinance being otherwise governed by Article XI of this Charter, which ordinance expressly provides that it is to take precedence over the Municipal Election Code, shall take precedence over such Code except where such ordinance is inconsistent with the terms of this Charter, in which event this Charter shall control.