A general election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each year to elect candidates for the offices in which terms are expiring. If not more than one person is a candidate for an office to be filed, he or she shall be elected ipso facto. Every registered voter of the city shall be entitled to vote for one candidate for each office to be filled. In case of a tie, state law shall determine the winner. An election contest period shall begin
at 8:00 a.m. the day after the election and shall end the following Friday at 5:00 p.m.