The name of candidates for Mayor and for Council shall be printed on the ballots at both primary and regular City elections in rotation as follows:
The ballots shall be printed in as many series as there are candidates for the office for which there is the greatest number of candidates. The whole number of ballots to be printed shall be divided by the number of series and the quotient so obtained shall be the number of ballots printed in each series. In printing the first series of ballots the names of the candidates shall be arranged in the alphabetical order of their surnames. After printing the first series, the first name shall be placed last and the next series printed and this process shall be repeated until each name shall have been printed first in one series. The ballots so printed shall be combined in tablets to be supplied to the various voting places. Each tablet shall, contain substantially the same number of ballots from each series, and so far as is practicable, the ballots shall be combined in such manner that two or more from the same series shall not be together in a tablet. The ward and precinct shall be designated on the face of the ballot.
(Amended by electors 10-8-63)