(1) In 2002 and every fourth year thereafter a councilor shall be elected from each of the following wards:

(2) In 2004 and every fourth year thereafter a mayor shall be elected from the city at large and a councilor shall be elected from each of the following wards:

(3) In 1978 and every fourth year thereafter two members shall be elected to the Eugene Water & Electric Board, one from wards 4 and 5 and one from the city at large. In 1980 and every fourth year thereafter, three members shall be elected to the board, one from wards 1 and 8, one from wards 2 and 3, and one from wards 6 and 7.

(4) Except as provided in section 24 of the Eugene Charter, the first voting for mayor, councilor, or Eugene Water & Electric Board member during a year shall take place at an election held at the same time as the statewide primary election that year.

(5) If at the primary election one candidate for a city office receives a majority of the votes cast for that office, that candidate shall be the only one whose name appears on the ballot at the general election that year as a candidate for that particular office.

(6) If at the primary election no candidate receives a majority of votes cast for the office, the two candidates receiving the two highest numbers of votes cast for the office shall be the only candidates whose names appear on the ballot at the general election that year as candidates for that particular office.

(7) The candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast for the office at the general election is elected to that office and is entitled to a certificate of election thereto.

(8) A candidate who has been elected to office at the November election shall take office upon the later of: