23-1590 Proposed Amendments to the Charter of The City of Casselberry

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qualified electors or the signatures of a number of qualified electors equal to at least two percent of the total number of qualified electors, whichever is the lower. (3) Each petition shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the third Tuesday in April. The City Clerk shall determine whether the required number of signatures has been obtained for the name of the candidate to be placed on the ballot and shall notify the candidate. Section 7.08. Run-off election and certification of election. The candidate for an office receiving the majority of votes cast shall be elected. If there should be more than two candidates for any office and no one candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in the municipal election held pursuant to Section 34 7.01, or in the event of a tie vote, then the two candidates receiving the highest votes in the first election shall run again in a run-off election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The run-off election shall be held in the same manner as the prior election. The candidate receiving the majority of the votes cast at such run-off election shall be elected. In the event of a tie vote at the run-off election, the tie will be dissolved by a lottery pursuant to state statute. The City Commission, upon confirmation of the returns of the election, shall certify the officers elected and issue certificates of office accordingly. SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to ensure that all advertising, translation and notice requirements are complied with and to coordinate all activities necessary to conduct the referendum election called in Section 1 of this Ordinance with the Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County to place the above-described questions on the ballot for referendum election to be held on August 20, 2024, or as otherwise worded in an enabling resolution of the City Commission as may be needed to conform to the requirements of the Florida Election Code or to better state the proposals submitted to the electors of the City of Casselberry. SECTION 4. The proposed amendments, the ballot titles and the wording of the substance of the proposed amendments to the Charter, as contained in this Ordinance, shall appear on the ballot in the form of questions as set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance. SECTION 5. Conflicts. All Ordinances and Charter provisions or parts of Ordinances and Charter provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto. Further, the lack of approval by a majority of electors of one or more separate amendments to this Charter, as set forth in Section 2 herein, shall not be deemed to affect the validity of any amendments that may be approved by a majority of the electors. Ordinance No. 23-1590 Page 9 of 10