(A) Pursuant to the provisions of W. Va. Code 8-5-14, as amended, and in accordance with amended Charter § 47 of the city, and the provisions of W. Va. Code Ch. 3, as amended, referring more particularly to primary and general elections, shall, so far as such provisions can be applied, govern the conduct of the city’s general elections and the powers and duties provided by the applicable provisions of the state’s Code for County Clerks and Clerks of the Circuit Courts shall devolve upon the City Clerk and the powers and duties provided by the state’s Code for County Commissions shall devolve upon the Common Council of the city, except as may be provided otherwise by the Charter of the city or any ordinance of the city.
(B) The election for the purposes of electing officers of the city for the year 1981, and biennially thereafter, shall be held on the first Tuesday in June, 1981, and upon the same date now provided for municipal general elections, but upon a nonpartisan ballot printed for the purpose. At the elections of municipal officers for the city held in the year 1981 and each election held thereafter, each candidate seeking the office of Council members shall be identified as to the ward from which he or she is a resident and which he or she seeks to represent. In such nonpartisan election for each of the elective offices of the city, as provided by the Charter of the city and its ordinances, the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected.
(C) It is declared to be the intent of this section that any person declared to be elected under the preceding provisions of this section shall take office as a duly elected officer of the city commending on July 1, 1981, and thereafter biennially.
(Prior Code, § 9-1) (Ord. passed 12-11-1980)