All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
City office at the general City election shall file with the City
Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M. on the 17th Tuesday prior
to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the 14th Tuesday prior to the next
City municipal election, a written declaration of his/her intent to
become a candidate at said election. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent
record of the names of the candidates, the offices for which they
seek election, and the date of their filing, and their names shall
appear on the ballots in that order.
The City Clerk shall, on or before the 17th Tuesday prior to
any election at which City offices are to be filled by said election,
notify the general public of the opening filing date, the office or
offices to be filled, the proper place for filing, and the closing
filing date of the election. Such notification may be accomplished
by legal notice published in at least one (1) newspaper of general
circulation in the City.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to any City election
except as noted in Section 115.125, RSMo. The notice shall be in writing,
shall specify that the Board of Aldermen is calling the election,
the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and shall include
a certified copy of the legal notice to be published including the
sample ballot. The notice and any other information required by Section
115.125, RSMo., may, with the prior notification to the election authority
receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile transmission prior
to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to the election, provided that
the original copy of the notice and a certified copy of the legal
notice to be published shall be received in the office of the election
authority within three (3) business days from the date of the facsimile
transmission.
[R.O. 2006 § 105.050]
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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COUNTY OF PULASKI
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I,__________, being first duly sworn, state that I reside at
__________, City of Dixon, County of Pulaski, Missouri; that I am
a qualified voter; that I do hereby declare myself a candidate for
the office of__________, to be voted upon at the municipal election
to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April_____,
and I meet all the qualifications required of a candidate for said
office, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
ballot for said election for said office and state 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_____, _____.
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City Clerk
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City of Dixon
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(SEAL)
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[R.O. 2006 § 105.070; Ord. No.
398 § 1, 10-7-1996]
A. That the City of Dixon be divided into three (3) wards and known
as the First Ward, Second Ward, and Third Ward, respectively, and
be bounded each as herein described:
1.
First Ward. All that part of the City lying south of the Burlington
Northern Railroad and east of the middle (center) of Elm Street and
south of the middle (center) of Fifth Street shall be the First Ward.
2.
Second Ward. All that part of the City lying north of the middle
(center) of Fifth Street and east of the middle (center) of Elm Street
shall be the Second Ward.
3.
Third Ward. All that part of the City lying north of the Burlington
Northern Railroad and west of the middle (center) of Elm Street shall
be the Third Ward.