(A) Primary election.
(1) Any candidate for the office of mayor or town council who receives a majority of the votes cast at that election for that office shall be declared to be elected to the office for which the person is a candidate effective as of the date of the general election, and no further election shall be held as to such candidate. For the purposes of this division , the majority of votes cast are determined by A.R.S. § 9-821.01(D) (1-3):
(a) Calculating the total number of actual votes cast for all candidates for an office whose names were lawfully on the ballot for that office.
(b) Dividing the sum reached pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) above by the number of seats to be filled for the office.
(c) Dividing the number reached pursuant to division (A)(1)(b) above by two and rounding that number to the highest whole number.
(2) If more candidates receive a majority of votes cast than there are seats for the offices to be filled, from among those candidates who receive a majority of votes cast, the 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. (A.R.S. § 9-821.01(E))
(3) If at the primary election no candidate receives the majority of votes cast or the number of seats to be filled for the office is more than the number of candidates who receive a majority of votes cast, of the candidates who did not receive a majority of votes cast, the number of candidates who advance to the general or runoff election shall be equal to twice the number of seats to be filled for the office and the candidates who received the highest number of votes for the office shall be the only candidates at the general or runoff election. (A.R.S. § 9-821.01(F))
(4) If more than one candidate received an equal number of votes and that number was the highest number of votes for the office, then all candidates receiving the equal number of votes shall be candidates at the general or runoff election. The candidates equal in number of seats to be filled for the office who receive the highest number of votes at the general or runoff election shall be declared elected to that office. If two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes for the same office and a higher number than any other candidate, the candidate who shall be declared elected shall be determined by lot in the presence of the candidates. (A.R.S. § 9-821.01(F))
(B) Non-political ballot. Nothing on the ballot in any election shall be indicative of the support of a political party for any candidate. (`82 Code, § 2-3-2)
(C) General election nomination. If at any primary election held as above provided there be any office for which no candidate is elected, then as to such office, the election shall be considered to be a primary election for nomination of candidates, and the general municipal election shall be held to vote for candidates to fill the office. Candidates to be placed on the ballot at the 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. 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, then all persons receiving an equal number of votes shall likewise become candidates for the office. (`82 Code, § 2-3-3)
(D) Election to office. The candidates equal in number to the persons to be elected who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. (`82 Code, § 2-3-4)
(E) Candidate financial disclosure. Each candidate for town office shall file a financial disclosure statement when the candidate files a nomination paper. The statement shall contain such information as required by resolution of the Council. (`82 Code, § 2-3-5)
(Ord. 202, passed 11-22-83; Am. Ord. 836, passed 9-19-13; Am. Ord. 838, passed 9-19-13; Am. Ord. 904, passed 9-13-18)