At any regular or special municipal election, the candidate for the office of Mayor who shall have received the majority of votes cast in the election shall be declared elected. Should any candidate for the office of Mayor fail to receive a majority of votes, the Council shall immediately order a special election to be held on the fourth, fifth, or sixth week following the date of the election in which no candidate received a majority of votes. At this special election the names of the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the regular election, for the office of Mayor, shall be printed on the ballot and submitted to the qualified voters for election, and the candidate receiving the majority of votes in such special election for the office of the Mayor shall be declared duly elected.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
In a Joint Motion filed March 2, 1984 in U.S. District Court, this section was amended to order election of the Mayor by plurality vote. In the event of a tie vote, the City Council shall hold a run-off election within thirty (30) days of the date of the regular or special election, such run-off election to be between the tied candidates.