The City Clerk, the county registrar of voters, or that official responsible for the preparation of ballots for any municipal election in the City shall in the listing of candidates for any office undertake by lot or similar method the arrangement of candidates’ names on the ballot in a random manner. Neither incumbency nor alphabetical order shall henceforth be used to establish the order of listing of candidates’ names on ballots. (Ord. 1562 § 1, 1974).