(A) Any candidate who receives at the primary election a majority of all the votes cast at that election for that office shall be declared elected to the office for which that person is a candidate, effective as of the date of the general election, and no further election shall be held as to that candidate; provided, that if more candidates receive a majority of votes cast than there are seats to be filled for that office, then those candidates who receive the highest number of votes equal to the number of seats to be filled for the office shall be declared elected to that office. The majority of votes cast shall be determined pursuant to Arizona state law.
(B) Nothing on the ballot in any election shall be indicative of the support of the candidate.
(C) If, at any primary election held as above provided, there be any office for which no candidate is elected, then as to that office, the election shall be considered to be a primary election for nomination of candidates for the office, and the general municipal election shall be held to vote for candidates to fill the office.
(1) Candidates to be placed on the ballot at the general municipal election shall be those not elected at the primary election and 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 of names on the primary election ballot.
(2) Persons who receive the highest number of votes for the respective offices at such first election shall be the only candidates at the second election; provided that if there be any person who, under the provisions of this section, 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 the office.
(D) The candidates equal in number to the persons to be elected who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
(Ord. 05-04, passed 3-1-2005; Am. Ord. 16-128, passed 4-5-2016)