Sec. 2-1-30.   Cancellation of election.
   (a)   If the only matter before the voters is the election of persons to office and if, at the close of business on the nineteenth day before the election, there are not more candidates than offices to be filled at such election, including candidates filing affidavits of intent as set forth in Section 2-1-20, the City Clerk shall certify such fact to the Board of Trustees; and it shall hold a meeting and by resolution shall instruct the City Clerk to cancel the election and shall declare the candidates elected.
   (b)   Notice of such cancellation shall be published, if possible, in order to inform the electors of the City, and notice of such cancellation shall be posted at each polling place and in not less than one (1) other public place within the City.
(Prior code 2-7-12; Ord. 286 §§2, 3, 1992; Ord. 347 §1, 2008; Ord. 393 § 2 (part), 2015)