A. In the first round, every ballot shall count as a vote towards the first choice candidate.

B. After any round, if any candidate receives a majority of votes from the continuing ballots, that candidate shall be declared the winner.

C. If no candidate receives a majority, the candidate receiving the fewest number of votes shall be eliminated.

D. Every ballot counting towards the eliminated candidate shall be advanced to the next-ranked continuing candidate. All the continuing ballots for all continuing candidates shall be counted again in a new round. (Ord. 7038-NS § 1, 2008)