Should there be filed with the proper election authorities petitions in accordance with Section 26, and acceptance filed by the persons whose names are submitted for candidacy by any such petitions in accordance with Section 27, in number not to exceed twice the number of vacancies in the commission to be filled in the case of the office of city commissioner or, in the case of the office mayor, only one or two of such petitions, thereupon the non-partisan primary election, provided for in Section 26, shall automatically be dispensed with and such candidates for nomination shall become the nominees and shall be placed on the ballot for the corresponding office at the next regular municipal election.
(Amended 5-7-02, Ord. No. 02-120, Yeas 3,105; Nays 1,265.)