Municipal elections shall be conducted as provided in G.S. § 163-292. G.S. § 163-292 states as follows:
In conducting nonpartisan elections and using the plurality method, elections shall be determined in accordance with the following rules:
When more than 1 person is seeking election to a single office, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
When more persons are seeking election to 2 or more offices (constituting a group) than there are offices to be filled, those candidates receiving the highest number of votes, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, shall be declared elected.
If 2 or more candidates receiving the highest number of votes each receive the same number of votes, the Board of Elections shall determine the winner by lot.
(Ord. passed 2-2-1998)
Editor’s note:
This section amends the charter.