§ 3.04. Elections by majority and runoff elections.

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At every election to fill one or more positions on the council, election to each position shall be by a majority of all the votes cast at such election for such position. In the event no candidate receives a majority of all the votes cast at such election for any such position, immediately upon declaring the official results of the election, the mayor or the council shall order a runoff election for every position to which no person was elected. The city secretary shall give notice of such runoff election as may be prescribed by law. The two candidates who received the highest number of votes for any position to which no person was elected in the election shall be voted on in the runoff election, appearing on the runoff ballot in the same order as they appeared on the ballot in the preceding election. The candidate who receives the majority of all the votes cast at such runoff election for such position shall be elected.

(Ord. No. 05-14, § 1, 5-16-05)

                    
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