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ARTICLE VII. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS Section 7.01. City elections. (a) Elections. A primary, regular, or special election may, at the city council's discretion, be held concurrently with election consolidation dates or any other election authorized bylaw BY LAW. (b) Qualified electors. All citizens qualified by the Cconstitution and laws of the State of Arizona to vote in the city and who satisfy the requirements for registration prescribed by law shall be qualified electors of the city within the meaning of this Ccharter. (c) Conduct of elections. Except as otherwise provided by this Ccharter, the provisions of the election laws of the State of Arizona apply to municipal elections held under this Ccharter. (d) Majority vote to elect. At said primary election any candidate who shall receive a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be declared elected to the office for which he is a THE candidate IS RUNNING, and no further election shall be held as to said candidate; provided that if more candidates receive a majority than there are offices to be filled, then those equal in number to the offices to be filled, receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. Nothing on the ballot shall indicate the affiliation of any candidate with any other person, party or group. (e) Nomination for regular elections. If at any primary election there be IS any office or offices to which no candidate therefor was elected, then said election shall be considered to be a primary election for the nomination of candidates for such office or offices. and aA second or regular election shall be held to vote for a candidate to fill such office or offices. The candidates not elected at such first election equal in number to twice the number to be elected to any given office, or less if so there be, and who received the highest number of votes for the respective offices at such first election, shall be the only candidates at such second election, provided that,. iIf 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 therefor FOR THAT OFFICE, then all such persons receiving said equal number of votes BOTH CANDIDATES shall likewise become candidates for such office. (f) Arrangements of names not to reveal source of candidacy or support of candidates. The names of the candidates for each office shall be arranged 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. Section 7.02. Watchers and challengers. A regularly nominated candidate shall be entitled, upon written application to the city clerk at least five (5) days before the election, to appoint one person to represent him THE CANDIDATE as A watcher and challenger at each polling place. A person so appointed shall have all the rights and privileges prescribed for watchers and challengers by or under the election laws of the State of Arizona. Section 7.03. Ballots for ordinances and charter amendments. An ordinance or charter amendment requiring a vote of the electors shall be presented for voting by ballot title. The ballot title of a measure may differ from its legal title and shall be a clear, concise statement describing the substance of the measure, without argument or prejudice. Below the ballot title shall appear the following question: "Shall the above described (ordinance) amendment be adopted?" Immediately below such question shall appear the words "yes" and "no" and a square by each in which THE ELECTOR MAY CAST A VOTE by making a cross ( MARKING AN ‘X’) the elector may cast a vote. Section 7.04. Availability of list of qualified electors. If for some purpose relating to a city election or to candidates or issues involved in such an election, any organization, group, or person requests a list of qualified electors of the city, the department, office, or agency which THAT has custody of that THE list shall permit the organization, group or person to copy the electors' names and addresses from the list.