§ 168.539City and county primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of

candidates; notice to city and township clerks, public notice.
 Sec. 539.
     If, upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions in any primary for city or county, it
 appears that there is no opposition to any candidate for any office upon any ticket, then the
 city or county clerk, as the case may be, shall certify to the board of election commissioners
 the names of all persons whose petitions have been properly filed and the office for which
 such petitions were filed, and such persons shall be declared by such board of election
 commissioners nominees for the respective offices, and such county clerk shall forthwith
 notify the several clerks of the townships and cities interested, if any, and give notice that the
 primary will not be held as contemplated, giving the reasons therefor, and a public notice shall
 be given of such determination by a brief notice published by such clerk in a newspaper
 circulated in such county.