(a)
Regular Elections. The regular municipal election shall be held on
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April, or
such day as may be mandated by State law.
(b)
Special Elections. The Council may by ordinance order special elections,
fix the time for such elections, and provide for holding such elections.
(c)
Conduct of Elections. All municipal elections shall be non-partisan
and governed by the provisions of this Charter and applicable State
law. The Council by ordinance may further regulate elections, subject
to the provisions of this Charter and applicable State law.
(d)
Definition of Qualified Voter. Wherever used in this Charter, the
term "qualified voter" means a registered voter who is eligible to
vote in the City at large or in a Council ward, whichever is applicable.
Nomination of candidates for election to City office shall be
made by declaration of candidacy filed with the City Clerk. No person
shall file a declaration of candidacy for one City office and, without
withdrawing his/her declaration of candidacy for that office, file
for another City office to be filled at the same election. Any person
violating this Section shall be disqualified from running for any
City office at the subject election.
The Council shall declare the results of any municipal election,
regular or special, at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting
following such election. As the first order of business at that meeting,
the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each office
shall be declared elected and inducted into office by oath.
(Ord. No. 28045 Question 7, 5-19-08; Ord. No. 28083 Question
7, 8-25-08; Ord. No. 2017-078, Question 12, 11-27-17)
There shall be four (4) wards, bounded and numbered as established
by the Council, ward boundaries shall be established by ordinance
following each decennial census, wards shall comprise compact and
contiguous territory and shall contain, as nearly as possible, an
equal number of inhabitants. Councilmembers displaced following the
realignment of ward boundaries shall serve for the earlier of the
remainder of their terms or the next regular or special municipal
election, or until their deaths or resignations. Members of any Commission
or Board appointed to represent individual City Council wards who
are displaced following the realignment of ward boundaries shall serve
for the remainder of their terms.
(Ord. No. 2017-078, Question 13, 14, 11-27-17)
