City Code Section
- A. All elective city offices are nonpartisan. No reference to any political party affiliation will be included in any declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, notice, voters’ pamphlet, ballot or other elections publication concerning a city candidate.
- B. The Mayor, Auditor and Councilors are elected subject to Charter Chapter 3, Article 1 and this Chapter. Vacancies are filled subject to Charter Section 2-206 and this Chapter.
- C. The Mayor and the Auditor are elected at-large using a method of ranked choice voting known as instant runoff voting. Councilors of each district are elected using a proportional method of ranked choice voting known as single transferable vote, except that, in any election to fill a single Councilor vacancy in a district, the method of instant runoff voting is used.