Within five days of the date of his or her receipt of the certificate of adoption the judge of probate with whom the certificate was filed shall call an election to be held on the first Tuesday in September after the first full month of July following the adoption of this part. The expenses of this election shall be paid by the city. Before calling the election the judge of probate shall cause the city to be divided into three districts containing as nearly equal number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in Section 45–57A–63.31 and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth in Sections 45–57A–63.32 and 45–57A–63.33. Each candidate shall announce if he or she is to become a candidate for mayor, or council member at-large, or if he or she desires to become a candidate for one of three district posts, either District Post 1, District Post 2, or District Post 3. A candidate for a district post shall reside in his or her district. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate for mayor and one vote for council member at-large and one vote for a candidate from the district in which he or she resides. Any candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast for candidates for mayor, council member at-large, District Post 1, District Post 2, and District Post 3 shall be elected as the council member from his or her post. In the event no candidate received a majority in the election, there shall be a run-off election to be held two weeks after the first election. In the run-off election only those two candidates from each post who received the largest vote in the first election shall be eligible in the run-off election, and only these two shall have their names placed on the ballot for the run-off election. Any candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast in the run-off election shall be elected council member from his or her post. The council member so elected shall take office on the first Monday in October following the election. Each council member shall hold office for three years, but shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A council member may succeed himself or herself in office.
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