All elections by majority. In all elections for elective office within the city, including at-large council members and district council members and mayor, if no candidate in a race involving three or more candidates receives a majority of the votes cast for that particular elective office, a runoff election shall be held three weeks from the date of the first election. At the runoff election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the first election shall be on the ballot. However, if there is a tie for second place in the first election and there is no tie for first place, all tying second place candidates shall be placed along with the first place candidate on the ballot for the runoff election. The runoff election shall be held at the same polling places and shall be conducted, returned, and canvassed in the same manner as the first election. The person receiving the highest number of votes at the runoff election is elected.
(1992 Code, § 14-85) (Ord. 104-98, passed 10-5-1998; Ord. 182-07, passed 11-19-2007; Ord. 94-11, passed 12-12-2011; Ord. 100-15, passed 11-2-2015; Ord. 87-17, passed 9-12-2017)