A special Municipal election to fill the vacancy of the office of Mayor-elect shall be held on the first Tuesday after sixty days from the date on which said vacancy occurs. The person so elected at said special Municipal election shall assume the office to which he or she is elected immediately upon certification by the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County that he or she was elected and his or her qualification, and he or she shall serve the unexpired term of the vacant office to which he or she is elected.
The name of any qualified candidate for an office for which a special Municipal election is to be held shall be printed upon the ballot for such election when a petition conforming to the requirements of the general laws of the State of Ohio is filed with the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County at least forty days prior to the date of the special Municipal election.
Within five days of the occurrence of the vacancy as defined in Section 2 hereof, Council shall convene and officially cause written notice to be immediately delivered to the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County advising such Board of Elections of the existence of the vacancy and the need for a special Municipal election to be held pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.
The candidate receiving the largest number of votes for such office voted upon at a special Municipal election shall be declared elected to such office.
In the event of a tie, the election authorities shall determine by lot which of said candidates shall be elected.
(Amended 11-5-68; 5-5-09; 11-2-21)