It never happened before and Ozark aldermen say it'll never happen again.
During Monday night's meeting the board voted to change the way candidates names are ordered on the ballot.
The new ordinance will use a lottery style drawing to determine who's name appears first.
The city attorney drew up the change after a confrontation between the current mayor and the former mayor in mid December.
Both wanted to be first on the ballot.
Former mayor Donna McQuay was first in line outside the courthouse, incumbent mayor Don Watts used his key to come in the side door.
“The draw process is not something I pulled out of the air. It's a portion of state statute.,” said Ozark City Attorney David Collignon.
The new ordinance does not affect the current race for mayor.
Donna McQuay ended up last on the ballot after the drawing.
She says what happened is not fair.
“I don’t care where I am on the ballot as much as the attitude they had with it by changing every thing in the middle. It's not right. It's not ethical. It's not legal. It's not moral,” she said.
Three names appear on the ballot for Ozark mayor... Jane Carpenter is first, then Don Watts, then Donna McQuay.