(A) Ballots. Nothing on the ballot in any election shall be indicative of the support of the candidate.
(B) Primary election. Any candidate who shall receive at the primary election, to be held on the tenth Tuesday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years, a majority of all the votes cast, as determined by Arizona Revised Statutes Section 9-821.01, shall be declared elected to the office for which he or she is a candidate effective as of the date of the general election, and no further election shall be held as to said candidate, provided that if more candidates have a majority than there are offices to be filled then, those equal in number to the offices to be filled receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
(C) General election. If at any primary election held as above provided there be any office or offices for which no candidate is elected, then as to such office or offices the election shall be considered to be a primary election for nomination of candidates for such office or offices, and the second or general municipal election shall be held to vote for candidates to fill such office or offices. Candidates to be placed on the ballot at such second or general municipal election shall be those not elected at such first election, shall be equal in number to twice the number to be elected to any given office or less than that number if there be less than that number named on the primary election ballot, and persons who receive the highest number of votes for the respective offices at such first election shall be the only candidates at such second election, provided that if there be any person who, under the provisions of this chapter, would have been entitled to become a candidate for any office except for the fact that some other candidate received an equal number of votes therefor, then all such persons receiving an equal number of votes shall likewise become candidates for such office. The general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered year. If two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes cast for the same office, and a higher number than any other candidate, the candidate who shall be declared elected shall be determined by lot in the presence of the candidates.
(D) Election to office. The candidates equal in number to the persons to be elected who received the highest number of votes shall be declared elected and shall take office at the first regular Town Council meeting in December of each even-numbered year.
(`87 Code, §§ 2-3-1 through 2-3-6) (Am. Ord. 88-23, passed 10-3-88; Ord. 91-4, passed 2-4-91; Am. Ord. 96-11, passed 9-3-96; Am. Ord. 96-30, passed 12-9-96; Am. Ord. O2018-05, passed 10-15-18)
Statutory reference:
Optional procedures authorized, see A.R.S. § 9-821.01
Cross-reference:
Mayor; election of, see § 30.20