(a) 
Regular elections. The regular city election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each even numbered year.
(b) 
Special elections. The council may by resolution order special elections, fix the time for such elections, and provide for holding such elections.
(c) 
Conduct of elections. All city elections shall be nonpartisan and governed by the provisions of this charter and of applicable state law. The council may by ordinance further regulate city elections consistent with the provisions of this charter and state law.
(a) 
Nominations. Nominations of candidates for all elective offices shall be by petition. Petitions nominating candidates shall be signed by not less than 100 registered voters of the city. The signatures shall be executed in ink. Each signer shall indicate next to the signer's signature the date of signing and the signer's place of residence, giving the street and number or other description sufficient to identify the signer's place of residence. The council by ordinance shall designate the appropriate form for nominating petitions and for acceptance of nominations.
(b) 
Filing and acceptance. All separate papers comprising a nominating petition shall be assembled and filed with the City Clerk as one instrument not earlier than 180 days before the close of filing and not later than one week prior to the time when the city must certify the candidates to the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners. The City Clerk shall make a record of the exact time when each petition is filed. No nominating petition shall be accepted unless accompanied by a signed acceptance of the nomination.
(c) 
Procedure after filing. Within five days after the filing of a nominating petition, the City Clerk shall certify the petition to the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners to verify the signatures. Promptly upon receipt of the report of the Board of Election Commissioners, the City Clerk shall notify the candidate and the person who filed the petition whether or not it is sufficient. If a petition is not sufficient, the City Clerk shall return it immediately to the person who filed it with a statement certifying wherein it is found to be insufficient. Within the regular time for filing petitions, such a petition may be amended and filed again or a new petition may be filed for the candidate. The City Clerk shall keep on file all petitions found sufficient at least until the expiration of the term for which the candidates are nominated in those petitions.
The City Clerk shall cause the names of the candidates to appear on all ballots in the order in which the candidates filed petitions for nominations which were verified and accepted. The candidates shall appear on the ballot without party designations.
(a) 
Voting. At the city election each elector shall be entitled to vote for the number of candidates who are to be elected Council Members and in the mayoral election shall be entitled to vote for one candidate for the office of Mayor.
(b) 
Council Members. Upon receipt of the results of the city election the city council shall notify the candidates who have been elected Council Member. The number of candidates, equal to the number of Council Members positions to be filled in the city council, receiving the highest number of votes shall be certified elected. In the event of a tie in a significant position such tie shall be resolved by a special run-off election between the candidates who have tied, which special election shall be held within thirty-five (35) days of the certification of the election results or at the next available election date provided by law.
(c) 
Mayor. Upon receipt of the results of the city election the city council shall certify the mayoral candidate receiving the highest number of votes to be elected to the office of Mayor. In the event of a tie, such tie shall be resolved by a special run-off election between the candidates who have tied, which special election shall be held within thirty-five (35) days of the certification of the election results or at the next available election date provided by law.