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 Irving
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. THE CHARTER
 Article IV. OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS

  § 5. Judge of election; runoff election.  

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  • (a)

    The city council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members and of the mayor, subject to review of the courts in case of an election contest. The city council shall, as soon as practicable after an election, either at a called meeting for that purpose or at the next regular meeting date of said city council after each regular or special election, canvass the returns and declare the results of such election.

    (b)

    Should any candidate running for mayor or council member fail to receive a majority vote of all votes cast in the regular municipal election for the office which the candidate seeks, then in that event it shall be the duty of the mayor to order a runoff election for every place or mayor to which no one was elected. Such runoff election between the two candidates who received the highest number of votes for each place or mayor to which no one was elected shall be voted on again, and the candidate who receives the majority of the votes cast for each such place or mayor in the runoff election shall be elected to such place or mayor. Should any person who was a candidate at the regular municipal election and who is entitled to become a candidate at the runoff election die, refuse or otherwise be unable to appear on the runoff election ballot, the candidate for such office standing next highest in the computation of votes for that office shall succeed to the rights of such candidate who failed to appear on the ballot at said runoff election. This method for selecting alternate runoff candidates shall be employed until there are two (2) candidates for each office in each runoff election and should there be only one candidate for office after the conclusion of this progress, that candidate shall be declared the winner. However, if at the date of the election, there is no runoff candidate left from those who sought to be elected to that place or mayor in the regular election, the city council shall declare no one elected to such place or mayor and shall call a special election on such date provided by the Texas Election Code to elect a person to such place or mayor and said special election shall be conducted pursuant to the Texas Election Code prescribing special elections to fill vacancies in municipal offices.

(Ord. No. 2013-9464, Amds. 2, 6, 5-22-13)