Chapter
13
ELECTIONS[1]
Sec. 13-1. Polling places; manner of voting.
The city council shall no later than
sixty (60) days prior to any city election designate by resolution the polling
places and voting districts and whether voting shall be by voting machines or
paper ballots.
(Code
1967, § 11-2)
State law reference—Ballots, A.R.S. §§ 16-421, 16-423, 16-443.
Sec. 13-2. Elections to be nonpartisan.
All elections for mayor and city
councilmen shall be nonpartisan and nothing on the ballot in any primary or
general election shall be indicative of the source of the candidacy or of the
support of the candidate.
(Code
1967, § 11-3)
State law reference—Nonpartisan elections required if
majority vote obtained in primary election, A.R.S. § 9‑821.01.
Sec. 13-3. Watchers and challengers at polling places.
A candidate for city office shall be
entitled, upon written application to the city clerk at least five (5) days
before a primary election or at least five (5) days before a general election,
to appoint one person to represent him as a watcher or challenger at each
polling place. Such watchers or
challengers shall have all the rights and privileges prescribed under the
election laws of the state.
(Code
1967, § 11-4)
Sec. 13-4. Outcome final upon receipt of majority vote.
Any candidate for mayor or city
councilman who shall receive a majority of all votes cast at the primary
election shall be declared to be elected to the office for which he is a
candidate, effective as of the date of the general election, and no further
election shall be held as to such candidate.
If more candidates receive a majority of all votes cast than there are
offices to be filled, then those candidates, equal in number of the offices to
be filled, receiving the highest number of votes, shall be declared to be
elected.
(Code
1967, § 11-7)
Sec. 13-5. General election—Designation of candidates.
If at any primary election held as
provided in this chapter there is any office for which no candidate was
elected, then such election shall be considered to be a primary election for
nomination of candidates for such office, and a general election shall be held
to vote for candidates to fill such office.
Candidates to be placed on the ballot at the general election shall be
those not elected at the primary election.
The number of candidates shall be equal in number of candidates to twice
the number to be elected to any office not filled at the primary election, or
less than that number if there be less than that number named on the primary
election ballot; candidates who receive the highest number of votes for the
respective offices at the primary election shall be the only candidates listed
on the ballot for the general election; provided, that if there is any
candidate who received an equal number of votes, then all such candidates
receiving an equal number of votes shall likewise become candidates for such
office at the general election.
(Code
1967, § 11-8)
State law reference—Authority to provide that candidate
receiving majority of votes at primary election is elected, A.R.S. § 9-821.01.
Sec. 13-6. Same—Determination of winners.
The candidates equal in number to the
persons to be elected who shall receive the highest number of votes at a
general election shall be declared elected to such office.
(Code
1967, § 11-9)
Sec. 13-7. Responsibilities of city clerk.
The city clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to prepare all materials necessary to conduct city elections; to
provide nominating petitions, certificate of nomination papers, nomination
papers, reports designating financial agents, register of voters, poll books
and other supplies; to give public notice of the council's resolution and of
the method of registration of voters; and to do all things necessary and
required by law to conduct such elections all as provided for by the statutes
of the state and the charter of the city.
(Code
1967, § 11-10)
Sec.
13-8. Absentee ballots.
(a) The
absentee ballot shall be identical to the regular official ballots, except that
it shall have printed or stamped on the stub thereof "Absentee".
(b) The
city clerk shall prepare the official absentee ballot and have them available
for voting purposes not later than the twenty-fifth day preceding
the Saturday before the election.
(Ord.
No. 95.14,
Sec.
13-9. Special election for initiative and referendum.
The city council by resolution may call
a special election for initiative and referendum questions to be held on any
date as may be provided by law.
(Ord.
No. 97.30,