[Ord. No. 3773 §§1 — 2 Proposition D, 1-19-2008]
Regular elections for the choice of Councilmen shall be held
bi-annually on the first (1st) Tuesday in April or a day set by the
St. Louis County Election Board.
All elections to the Council shall be non-partisan. No party
designation of any kind shall appear on the ballot.
[Ord. No. 2351 §1, 8-20-1979]
The Council shall provide by ordinance all regulations which
it considers needful or desirable for the conduct of municipal elections,
for the publishing of notices of municipal elections for the prevention
of fraud in such elections, and for the recount of ballots in case
of doubt or fraud. All municipal elections shall be conducted by the
St. Louis County Election Board.
[Ord. No. 1401 §1, 1-31-1963; Ord. No. 1639 §1, 1-2-1968; Ord.
No. 1877 §1, 1-20-1972; Ord. No. 2351 §1, 8-20-1979; Ord.
No. 3504 §1, 7-17-2000]
Any person desiring to become a candidate for any elective office
shall, during the filing period as set by Ordinance, pay a filing
fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) and file a statement of candidacy in
substantially the following form all to the City Clerk's office
in City Hall during regular normal working hours:
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY
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I, _______________, being first duly sworn, say that I reside
at _______________ Street, City of Berkeley, County of St. Louis,
State of Missouri, that I am a qualified voter therein; that I am
a candidate for the election to the office of _______________ to be
voted upon at the general election to be held on the _____ day of
_______________, 20___, and eligible therefor, and I hereby request
my name be placed upon the voting machine or printed upon the official
ballot for such office, and that I will serve as such officer, if
elected.
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(Signed)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _______________,
20___.
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Notary Public
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My Commission Expires:
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The statements shall be numbered consecutively in the order
in which they are filed for the respective offices and such names
shall be listed on the ballot or voting machine in such numerical
order of filing. Said fee herein required shall not be refunded.
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No candidate shall file for more than one (1) municipal elective
office to be balloted on at the same election.
[Ord. No. 1877 §1, 1-20-1972]
Election returns shall be canvassed and certified by the Council
at a meeting not later than forty-eight (48) hours after their receipt
by the City Clerk from the Board of Election Commissioners, and the
candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each office shall
be declared elected. The newly elected candidates shall be inducted
into office, within one (1) week after the date of the canvass and
certification by the Council.
[Ord. No. 3773 §§1 — 2 Proposition E, 1-9-2008]
In the event two (2) or more persons shall receive an equal
and the highest number of votes for the same office, another election
between the candidates so tied shall be held.
The Council shall have the power to provide for the use of voting
machines and to prescribe the regulations for their use.
