(a) 
City elections shall be primary, general or special.
(b) 
Primary elections shall be held for the purposes of nominating candidates for the general election and for such other purposes as the Council may prescribe.
(c) 
General elections shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor and Council Members of the City and for such other purposes as the Council may prescribe.
(d) 
All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or of any law, shall be known as special elections.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)
(a) 
The qualification of electors shall be as prescribed by the constitution and laws of this state. Electors must also be residents of the City for at least twenty-nine days prior to any primary, general or special election held therein.
(b) 
Registration of voters shall be as provided by state law.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)
The names of the candidates for each office shall be arranged on the ballot as provided by law, and nothing on the ballot shall be indicative of the source of the candidacy or of the support of any candidate.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)
(a) 
The primary election shall be held on the date of the primary election of the State of Arizona. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election for each office for which there is a vacancy will be considered nominated for such office, and their names will be printed on the ballot for the general election provided that, if there be any person, who under the provisions of this section, would have been entitled to become a candidate for any office except for the fact that some other candidate received an equal number of votes, then all such persons receiving said equal number of votes shall likewise become candidates for such office.
(b) 
In the event that no more than two candidates file nominating petitions for each vacancy in office, the primary election may be dispensed with as to that office.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10; Am’d. of 11-5-19)
(a) 
The candidate for Mayor who shall receive the highest number of votes at the general election shall be declared elected.
(b) 
The candidates for Council Members, equal in number to the offices to be filled, who shall receive the highest number of votes at the general election shall be declared elected.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)
The Council shall provide for holding special elections which shall be conducted in the same manner as general elections.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)
The Council shall provide by ordinance for voting by absent or disabled electors in City elections.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)
Within the time specified by federal and state law, the Mayor and Council shall canvass returns and declare the results of such election. The City Clerk shall issue a certificate to each successful candidate elected to office at any general election.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)
The provisions of the laws of this state relating to and governing the nomination of elective officers and the conduct of elections shall govern the nomination of elective officers and the conduct of elections.
(Am’d. of 5-18-10)