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Any candidate for a municipal office who shall receive at the primary election a majority of all the votes cast shall be declared to be 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 the candidate. Nothing on the ballot in any election shall be indicative of the support of the candidate.
(Prior Code, Ch. 6, § 6-1) (Ord. 707-21, passed 12-6-2021)
Statutory reference:
Authority to so provide, see A.R.S. § 9-821.01
If at any primary election held, as provided in § 30.70, there be any office or offices for which no candidate is elected, then as to the office or offices, the election shall be considered to be a primary election for nomination of candidates for the office or offices, and the second or general municipal election shall be held to vote for candidates to fill the office or offices. Candidates to be placed on the ballot at the second or general municipal election shall be those not elected at the 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 the 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, all the persons receiving an equal number of votes shall likewise become candidates for the office.
(Prior Code, Ch. 6, § 6-2) (Ord. 707-21, passed 12-6-2021)
Beginning with elections held in 2014 and later, and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a candidate election, other than a special election to fill a vacancy or a recall election, may only be held on the following dates and only in even-numbered years:
(A) Primary election will be the tenth Tuesday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(B) General elections, if required, will be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(C) Beginning with elections held in 2014 and later that are not candidate elections, including a special election to fill a vacancy or a recall election, may only be held on the following dates:
(1) The second Tuesday in March.
(2) The third Tuesday in May.
(3) The tenth Tuesday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(4) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Notwithstanding any other law, an election must be held on this date for the approval of an obligation or other authorization requiring or authorizing the assessment of secondary property taxes, except as provided by A.R.S. Title 48.
(Prior Code, Ch. 6, § 6-4) (Ord. 242-97, passed 7-21-1997; Ord. 627-15, passed 3-16-2015; Ord. 707-21, passed 12-6-2021)
Statutory reference:
Authority to establish election date, see A.R.S. § 9-231
This section shall comply with and be automatically updated to current applicable Arizona Revised Statutes to include A.R.S. §§ 19-124 and 19-141 and other relevant sections as they may apply.
(A) Power reserved; time of election. There is reserved to the qualified electors of the town, the power of the initiative and the referendum as prescribed by the state Constitution. Any initiative or referendum matter may be voted on at the next ensuing primary or general election, or at a special election called by the Mayor and Council.
(B) Time of filing.
(1) Initiative petitions shall be filed at least 120 days prior to the election at which they are to be voted upon.
(2)
Referendum petitions shall be filed within 30 days of the adoption of the ordinance or resolution to be referred. If the Town Clerk is unable to provide petitioners with a copy of the ordinance or resolution at the time of the application for an official number or on the same business day of the application, the 30-day period shall be calculated from the date the ordinance or resolution is available.
(C) Sample ballots and publicity pamphlets. The following procedures relating to sample ballots and publicity pamphlets are hereby adopted for conducting elections at which an initiative or referendum is to be voted upon:
(1) A publicity pamphlet, containing the entire text of the official ballot, shall be mailed by the Town Clerk to each household within the town in which a registered voter resides, not less than ten days prior to the election to which the sample ballot pertains.
(2) The pamphlet shall contain the proposition as it will appear on the ballot, together with a summary of each proposition. Each summary shall be followed by any arguments supporting the proposition, followed by any arguments opposing the proposition.
(3) Arguments supporting and opposing the propositions appearing on the ballot shall be filed with the Office of the Town Clerk not less than 90 days prior to the election at which the propositions are to be voted upon. Arguments supporting or opposing propositions appearing on the ballot shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Arguments must relate to the propositions proposed by the initiative or referred by referendum that will appear on the ballot.
(b) Arguments must identify the proposition to which they refer and indicate whether the argument is in support of or opposition to the proposition.
(c) Arguments may not exceed 300 words in length.
(d) Arguments must be signed by the person submitting them. Arguments submitted by organizations shall be signed on behalf of the organization by one executive officer of the organization authorized to take the action, or if a political committee, by the Chairperson or Treasurer. All persons signing documents shall indicate their residence or post office address and a telephone number.
(e) No person or organization shall submit more than one argument for each proposition to be voted upon.
(f) Each argument shall be accompanied by a deposit to offset proportional costs of printing. This requirement shall not be waived on any account. For deposit amount, see Town of Florence Schedule of Fees.
(Prior Code, Ch. 6, § 6-5) (Ord. 334-03, passed 3-3-2003; Ord. 707-21, passed 12-6-2021)
(A) No person shall circulate an initiative or referendum petition relating to a municipality issue unless that person is a qualified elector within the municipality.
(B) In determining the number of signatures required to file an initiative petition, the computation shall be based upon the total number of electors of the municipality registered to vote on the date that the initiative petition is filed with the municipality Town Clerk.
(Prior Code, Ch. 11, Art. I, § 11-3) (Ord. 263-98, passed 9-21-1998; Ord. 707-21, passed 12-6-2021)
Penalty, see § 10.99