Cross References: Administration, Title I; City Council, Ch. 110.
[R.O. 1993 § 115.010]
A.
Any person desiring to become a candidate for Council member shall
file with the City Clerk a statement of such candidacy in substantially
the following form:
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State of Missouri
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County of Lawrence
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I, __________ being first duly sworn, say that I reside at __________
Street, City of __________, County of Lawrence, State of Missouri;
that I am a qualified voter therein; that I am a candidate for nomination
to the office of Council member to be voted upon at the municipal
election to be held on __________ Tuesday of __________, 20__________,
and am eligible therefor, and I hereby request that my name be 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 (or affirmed) before me this __________
day of __________, 20____.
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(Signed)
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B.
The City Clerk shall thereupon cause the official ballots to be printed,
and upon the ballots the names of the candidates shall appear in the
order that their statements of candidacy were filed with the City
Clerk, and above the names of the candidates shall appear the words
"Vote for (number to be elected)."
C.
The ballots shall be in substantially the following form:
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Warning: Voting for more than the total number
of candidates to be elected to any office will invalidate this ballot.
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
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Candidates for Council members of Aurora at general election.
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FOR Council members
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Vote for (number to be elected)
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__________(Name of candidate) __________
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__________(Name of candidate) __________
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__________(Name of candidate) __________
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[R.O. 1993 § 115.020]
A.
If a person elected fails to qualify within thirty (30) days after
his/her election, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy
in such office, as herein provided.
B.
No informalities in conducting municipal elections shall invalidate
the same, if they have been conducted fairly and in substantial conformity
to the requirements of these Sections.
C.
The Council shall by ordinance, resolution or otherwise, divide the
City into as many voting precincts as it may deem necessary to afford
all the voters a convenient opportunity of exercising the right of
franchise in all municipal elections to be held in the City, and each
of said precincts shall be deemed a ward within the purview of the
general and primary election laws of the State.
