§ 41. Qualification of candidates in districts; time; procedure; runoff election.

(a)

The city clerk, as the registration officer, shall designate the city commission by individual districts, with commissioners designated districts 1 through 4 and the mayor-commissioner designated district 5 elected at-large.

(b)

All candidates for office of the mayor-commissioner or commissioners shall register their names, together with the name of the district to which they aspire, with the city clerk. The period within which this registration must occur shall be determined by ordinance.

(c)

The winner of a district election shall be the candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast within the district general election, which majority of the votes shall mean greater than fifty (50) percent of the votes cast. If no candidate receives a majority of votes cast within a district general election, a runoff election shall be held on the date specified by ordinance and the two (2) candidates receiving the greatest votes within a district shall be the only candidates on the ballot for such runoff election. In the event of a tie during the runoff election, the winner of the runoff election shall be selected by a flip of a coin.

(d)

In the event there is only one (1) qualified candidate running for office of mayor-commissioner or commissioner, such qualified candidate shall be deemed the winner of the election without the need to hold the district general election for such district.