[R.O. 2011 Charter Art. IX § 66; Ord. No. 5211, § 3]
A regular election for the choice of councilmembers shall be
held biennially on the first Tuesday in April in the even numbered
years subsequent to the year 1947. One councilmember from each ward
shall be elected at the first biennial election; and the councilmember-at-large
and a councilmember from each ward at the succeeding biennial election.
[R.O. 2011 Charter Art. IX § 67; Ord. No. 4389, § 3]
The council shall make all regulations which it considers needful
or desirable, not inconsistent with this Charter or state laws, for
the conduct of municipal elections.
[R.O. 2011 Charter Art. IX § 68; Ord. No. 4389, § 3; Ord. No. 5211, § 3; Ord. No. 5736, Prop. No. 16, 4-3-1990]
Nominations for the council shall be made by petition signed
by not less than fifty nor more than seventy-five registered voters
who are entitled to vote for the candidate so nominated. No voter
shall sign more than one nominating petition for the same office,
and should a voter do so, his signature shall be void except as to
the petition first filed. With each signature shall be printed the
person's name and shall be stated the place of residence of the
signer, giving the street and number. Each petition shall be verified
by the oath of some responsible person, before an officer competent
to administer oaths, that each signature thereon is the genuine signature
of the person whose name it purports to be and that it was signed
in his presence. Nominating petitions shall be filed with the city
clerk in accordance with the opening and closing dates for filing
as set by Missouri state statute, and shall be in substantially the
following form:
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We, the undersigned, registered voters of the City of University
City, County of St. Louis, respectfully petition and request that
the name of ____________________ residing at ____________________,
be placed upon the ballot as a candidate for the office of councilmember
of Ward Number __________ (or at large) to be voted for at the election
to be held on the __________ day of ____________________; and we,
individually, signify that our names have appeared on the roll of
registered voters within the last year, and that we are qualified
to vote for this candidate:
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Signature
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Name(Printed)
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Street and Number
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Date of Signing
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(Space for 75 signatures and required data)
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(Verification of signatures)
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Acceptance of Nomination
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Date and hour of filing ____________________
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This petition is filed by ____________________ whose address
is
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Received by
(signature of city clerk)
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The city clerk shall preserve the name and address of the person
by whom each nominating petition is filed. No nominating petition
shall be accepted unless accompanied by a signed acceptance of the
nomination and a deposit by the candidate of fifty dollars, a receipt
for which shall be issued by the city clerk. Such deposit shall be
returned to the candidate if he becomes ineligible or withdraws his
candidacy forty-five days before the election, or if he polls at least
five per centum of the votes cast for the office for which he is a
candidate; but if he remains a candidate and fails to receive the
prescribed per centum of votes, the deposit shall be forfeited and
paid into the general fund of the city. Within ten days after the
filing of a nominating petition the city clerk shall notify the candidate
and the person who filed the petition whether or not it is found to
be sufficient. If a petition is found insufficient the city clerk
shall return it immediately to the person who filed it with a statement
certifying wherein the petition is found insufficient. Within the
regular time for filing petitions a new or supplemental petition may
be filed for the same candidate. The petition of each candidate nominated
to be a member of the council shall be preserved by the city clerk
until the expiration of the term of office for which he has been nominated.
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Editor’s Note — Former Sections 69 and 70 were
repealed by Ord. No. 5211.
[R.O. 2011 Charter Art. IX § 71]
Election returns shall be canvassed by the council at a meeting
not later than forty-eight hours after their receipt by the city clerk,
and the candidates receiving the highest number of votes for each
office declared elected.
[R.O. 2011 Charter Art. IX § 72]
If at any municipal election there shall be no choice between
candidates by reason of two or more having received an equal number
of votes, the council shall proceed to determine the election by lot.
