A vacancy in candidacy shall exist when no candidate has applied and qualified to be on the ballot for that office, or as the result the death, withdrawal or removal from the ballot of all qualified candidates following the end of the qualifying period. Whenever there is no qualified candidate on the ballot for an office, that office shall be declared vacant on the ballot for that election.
(Ord. 2-98, passed 9-23-1998; Ord. 03-2021, passed 10-28-2021)