If the number of persons filing "Petitions For Candidates" for nomination as candidates at a primary election to such office does not exceed, as to any such office, the number of candidates which may be nominated under provisions of the Charter, then no primary election shall be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for election to offices to be voted for at such general election and no primary ballot shall be printed for said office.
If the number of persons filing “Petitions for Candidates” for nomination as candidates at a primary election to such office does exceed, as to any such office, the number of candidates which may be nominated under provisions of the Charter, then a primary election shall be held for the purpose of nominating two candidates for election to offices to be voted for at such general election and a primary ballot shall be printed for said office containing language, “Vote for not more than 1".
If, however, the only offices for which there are more valid petitions for candidates filed than the number to be nominated under provisions of the Charter, is the office of councilman in a ward, a primary election shall be held for such office in the ward or wards in which there is a contest, and only the names of the candidates for the office of councilman in such ward shall appear on the primary ballot.
The election officials whose duty it would have been to provide for and conduct the holding of such primary election, declare the results thereof, and issue certificates of nomination to the persons entitled thereto if such primary election had been held shall declare each of such persons to be nominated as of the date of the ninetieth day before the primary election, issue appropriate certificates of nomination to each of them and certify their names to the proper election officials, in order that their names may be printed on the official ballots provided for use in the next succeeding general election in the same manner as though such primary election had been held and such persons had been nominated at such election.
This section shall take effect and be in force as of the date of the certification to the Secretary of State by the Board of Elections.
(Amended 3-15-16.)