A. 
The five councilmen shall be designated councilman number one, councilman number two, councilman number three, councilman number four and councilman number five. The term of councilman number one shall expire at 7:30 o’clock p.m. on the second Monday after the first Tuesday in April 1974 and every three years thereafter. The terms of councilman number two and three shall expire at that time in 1975 and every three years thereafter. The terms of councilman number four and councilman number five shall expire at that time in 1976 and every three years thereafter. Every year the successor or successors of whose terms are expiring shall be elected for overlapping terms of those three years.
B. 
All councilmen shall be elected at large by the qualified electors of the entire city, by secret ballot.
C. 
There shall be no primary election, but only a general election, herein called “election.”
D. 
The election shall be nonpartisan, and no party designation or emblem shall be placed on the ballots.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
Any qualified person may have his name placed on the ballot for the election as a candidate for councilman by filing, not more than one month and at least two prior to the election with the Johnston County election board, a sworn statement of his candidacy, specifying the place on the council for which he is a candidate.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
An election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April every year to elect a councilman or Councilmen to succeed the councilman or councilmen whose terms are about to expire. If only one person is a candidate for an office, he shall be entitled to vote for one candidate for each office to be filled. The candidate receiving more votes than any other candidate for that office, shall be elected. In case of a tie, the election shall be determined fairly by a lot from among the candidates tying, by canvassing authority in a public meeting.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
The Johnston County election board shall promptly canvass the returns of all city elections, including special elections and ascertain the results thereof; provided that the council may delegate this function to a board created by ordinance. The City Clerk shall promptly prepare, sign and issue certificates of election, sealed with the seal of the city, to all persons elected to the office.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
Only electors residing in this city who have the qualifications prescribed for electors by the State Constitution and Law, and who are registered as required by law, may vote in city elections.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
No officer or employee of the city except the councilmen and personnel who receive no compensation for their services may work for or against or attempt to influence the nomination, election or defeat or any candidate for councilman, or the recall of any councilman provided that this shall not prohibit the ordinary exercise of one’s right to express his opinions and to vote.
Any person who violates this provision, shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars including costs. Such violation shall constitute cause for removal from office or employment.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
The council by ordinance may further regulate city elections. The provisions of state law applicable to city elections, sha1l govern such elections in this city insofar as they applicable and are not superseded by this charter or by ordinance.
(Ordinance adopting Code)