An elective office shall become vacant on the death, resignation or removal of the officer, or for other causes. Vacancies in elective office shall be filled at the next November election, unless the vacancy occurs after the day for filing declarations of candidacy, in which case the vacancy shall be filled at the next succeeding November election. The person elected shall take office upon certification of the results of the election and shall serve until the time when the term of the elective office would have expired had no vacancy occurred. Until a successor has been elected and certified, a majority of the Board of Commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointment. The Commissioners shall fill a vacancy from a list of three people submitted by the county central committee of the party which the official in office immediately prior to the vacancy represented. In the event that the official in office immediately prior to the vacancy was a “states no party preference” candidate or was from a nonpartisan office, the vacancy shall be filled by the Commissioners as they deem appropriate. (Amendment proposed by the County Commissioners and approved by the voters November 4, 1980. Amendment proposed by the Charter Review Commission and approved by the voters November 8, 2016.)