Sec. 42.   Regular municipal election, date; qualification of electors for Commissioners ; method of holding elections, special elections.
   Regular municipal elections shall be held on the second Tuesday in March of the calendar year. In the event a run-off election is required as specified in this Charter, said election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in March of the calendar year. The City Commission shall prescribe, by ordinance, the method and manner of holding all elections in said City, and shall provide when and how special elections shall be called and held, which are not provided by the terms of this Charter, and all elections shall be conducted substantially on the principle adopted for state election insofar as there are no conflicts with the terms of this Charter. (Laws of Fla. 1947, Ch. 24398, § 134; Ord. No. 80-41, § 4, 10-21-80; Ord. No. 83-51, § 4, 12-20-83; Ord. No. 01-25, § 7, 7- 3-01; Ord. No. 02-021, § 2, passed 6-4-02; Ord. No. 02-043, § 5, 8-20-02, election of 11-5-02; Ord. No. 08-005, § 2, 4-1-08; Ord. No. 12-023, § 2, 1-15-13, election of 3-12-13)