(a) The Mayor and Councilmembers shall be elected for two (2) year terms. A change in name, boundaries or number of wards shall not disqualify a Councilmember from completing the term for which the member was elected.
(b) Their terms shall begin at the first regular meeting in the month of April in the year in which they are elected. If a mayor elect or other council member elect fails to qualify within one month after the beginning of his term, that member's office shall become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as other vacancies in the city council are filled.
(c) Beginning with the 1993 elections, the mayor shall be elected, at large, by the qualified electors of the entire city. Beginning with any city of Harrah election after March 11, 1997, candidates for city council member must be a resident of his or her ward but will be elected, at large, by the qualified electors of the entire city.
(d) There shall be no city primary election, but only a city general election, herein also called election. The general election shall be nonpartisan; and no party designation or emblem shall be placed on the ballots.
(e) Nothing in this charter shall prohibit the use of voting machines. (Amended, approved at election 3/11/97)