2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §9-821.01  City and town elections; optional procedure

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city or town may by ordinance provide that at the primary election any candidate who receives a majority of all votes cast at such election shall be declared elected to the office for which he is a candidate, effective as of the date of the general election, and no further election shall be held as to such candidate, provided that nothing on the ballot shall be indicative of the source of the candidacy or of the support of the candidate.

B. In addition to the provisions of subsection A, any town with a population of five thousand persons or less according to the most recent United States decennial census may by majority vote of the qualified electors of the town voting on the question provide that at the primary election those candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the offices to be filled shall be declared elected to the office, and no further election shall be held if at least three-fifths of the seats are filled by persons receiving a majority of the votes cast as provided in subsection A.

C. If a town elects to conduct primary elections which the provisions of subsection B apply, there shall not be anything on the ballot which is indicative of the source of the candidacy or of the support of the candidate.