Candidates for all offices to be voted for at any municipal election under the provisions of this Charter shall be nominated at a non-partisan primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May.
The number of candidates for the office of Mayor, President of Council and Ward Councilmen at any regular municipal election in the City shall be the two candidates on the primary election ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election. The number of candidates for the office of Council-at-large at any regular municipal election in the City shall be the two (2) candidates on the primary election ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election.
In case there shall not be more than two persons who shall have filed petitions for the office of Mayor, President of Council and Ward Councilmen as provided for in this Charter, then said persons shall be the candidates at the regular municipal election and the primary for the particular office shall not be held. In case there shall not be more than two (2) persons who shall have filed petitions for the office of Council-at-large as provided for in this Charter, then said persons shall be the candidates at the regular Municipal election and the primary for the particular office shall not be held.
Anyone who has not filed a petition for this primary election shall be ineligible as a candidate in the regular municipal election.
(Amended 11-6-79; 11-4-08; 11-3-09; 11-5-19)