[R.O. 2006 §115.010; Ord. No. 907 §I, 11-19-1996; Ord. No. 2203 §I, 12-2-2014]
A.
Declarations
of Candidacy filed for office in the municipal election shall be received
by the City Clerk commencing at 8:00 A.M. on the seventeenth (17th)
Tuesday prior to the election. No Declaration for Candidacy for office
shall be accepted by the City Clerk after 5:00 P.M. on the fourteenth
(14th) Tuesday prior to the election.
B.
No
candidate's name shall be printed on any official ballot unless the
candidate has paid the appropriate filing fee to the City Clerk and
filed a written Declaration of Candidacy which shall be substantially
in the following form:
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DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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WARREN COUNTY
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I, ________________, being first duly sworn, state that I reside
at _______________________, City of Warrenton, County of Warren, 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 (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st)
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 Warrenton
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C.
Any
person who files as a candidate for election to a public office shall
be disqualified from participation in the election for which the candidate
has filed if such person is delinquent in the payment of any State
income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property
taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the Declaration of Candidacy,
or if the person is a past or present corporate officer of any fee
office that owes any taxes to the State.
D.
Each
potential candidate for elective City office shall file an Affirmation
of Tax Payments and Bonding Requirements with the City Clerk at the
time the potential candidate files his or her declaration of candidacy.
Such affidavit shall be either Missouri Department of Revenue Form
5120 or in substantially the following form:
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AFFIRMATION OF TAX PAYMENTS AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS:
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I hereby declare under penalties of perjury that I am not currently
aware of any delinquency in the filing or payment of any state income
taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property taxes
on the place. of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy,
or that I am a past or present corporate officer of any fee office
that owes any taxes to the state, other than those taxes which may
be in dispute. I declare under penalties of perjury that I am not
aware of any information that would prohibit me from fulfilling any
bonding requirements for the office for which I am filing.
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Candidate's Signature
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Printed Name of Candidate
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E.
The
City Clerk shall, before the seventeenth (17th) Tuesday, prior to
any election at which offices are to be filled, 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 political
subdivision or special district.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 2630 also changed the title of this
Section from "Filing Fee" to "Declaration of Candidacy and Filing
Procedures."
[R.O. 2006 §115.040; Ord. No. 334, 1-3-1978; Ord. No.
708, 12-3-1991; Ord. No. 907 §I, 11-19-1996; Ord. No. 1210 §II, 10-2-2001; Ord. No. 2007 §§I —
II, 9-20-2011]
The City of Warrenton is divided into three (3) Wards, said
Wards being outlined on a map on file in the office of the City Clerk.
