376.8 - PERSONS ELECTED IN CITY ELECTIONS.

        376.8  PERSONS ELECTED IN CITY ELECTIONS.         1.  In a regular city election following a city primary, the      candidates receiving the greatest number of votes cast for each      office on the ballot are elected, to the extent necessary to fill the      positions open.         2.  In a regular city election held for a city where the council      has chosen a runoff election in lieu of a primary, candidates are      elected as provided by subsection 1, except that no candidate is      elected who fails to receive a majority of the votes cast for the      office in question. In the case of at-large elections to a      multimember body, a majority is one vote more than half the quotient      found by dividing the total number of votes cast for all candidates      for that body by the number of positions to be filled.         In calculating the number of votes necessary to constitute a      majority, fractions shall be rounded up to the next higher whole      number.         3.  In a regular city election held for a city where the council      has chosen to have nominations made in the manner provided by chapter      44 or 45, the candidates who receive the greatest number of votes for      each office on the ballot are elected, to the extent necessary to      fill the positions open.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 1056-a21; SS15, § 1056-b4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 6492,      6638; C46, 50, § 416.16, 419.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 363.16;      C75, 77, 79, 81, § 376.8] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1119, §41         Referred to in § 372.13, 376.3