All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
A.Â
A municipal
election for the qualified voters of this City shall be held on the
first (1st) Tuesday in April of each year.
B.Â
On the
first (1st) Tuesday in April of odd-numbered years, a municipal election
of the qualified voters of the City of Lake Tapawingo shall be held
for the purpose of electing three (3) Aldermen and the Mayor who shall
hold their offices for a term of two (2) years, and until their successors
are elected and qualified.
C.Â
On the
first (1st) Tuesday in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election
of the qualified voters of the City of Lake Tapawingo shall be held
for the purpose of electing three (3) Aldermen, who shall hold their
offices for a term of two (2) years, and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
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 fifteenth (15th)
Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the eleventh (11th)
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 before the sixteenth (16th) Tuesday prior
to an 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 newspaper of general circulation
in the City.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
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STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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COUNTY OF JACKSON
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Lake Tapawingo,
County of Jackson, Missouri; that I am a qualified voter in the ward
containing my place of residence; that I do hereby declare myself
a candidate for the office of (here name the office), to be voted
upon at the municipal election to be held on the first (1st) Tuesday
of April, 19____________________________, and am eligible therefor,
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 ___________,
19______.
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  City Clerk
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  City of Lake Tapawingo
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(S E A L)
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In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the Jackson County
Board of Election Commissioners prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th)
Tuesday prior to any City election or within seven (7) working days
after the candidates names are certified, whichever is later, of the
forthcoming City election. 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 written notice shall be executed on behalf of the Board of Aldermen
by the Mayor of the Board, and shall include the attestation of the
City Clerk and shall have affixed thereto the Seal of the City of
Lake Tapawingo.
[Ord. No. 4, 2-11-1963]
The City of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri, shall be divided into
three (3) wards, which shall be as follows:
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Ward No. 1
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Blocks A and F
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Ward No. 2
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Blocks B and C
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Ward No. 3
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Blocks D and E
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The blocks referred to being those designated on the plat of
the subdivision of land in Jackson County, Missouri, known as Lake
Tapawingo and filed for record on the twenty-seventh (27th) day of
January, A.D., 1927, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Jackson
County, Missouri, at Independence in Plat Book 4 at page 97.
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