[Amended at election on March 19, 1996; amended at election
on March 16, 1999]
A primary election and a general election shall be held every
year. The City Commission shall by ordinance divide the city into
four wards as nearly equal as possible, based upon both population
and area, and a Commissioner shall be elected from each ward, such
Commissioners being a resident of such ward for which he is elected,
but shall be voted upon and elected at large.
Each ward shall be given a number, commencing with the one located
in the northeast quadrant of the city, and numbered in a clock-wise
direction.
The terms of the Mayor and Commissioners shall be three years
each and the terms of the Mayor and Commissioners shall commence immediately
after the conclusion of the last regular scheduled Commission meeting
in December following their election.
[Amended at election on March 19, 1996; amended at election
March 17, 1998; amended at election on March 16, 1999]
Any qualified candidate shall have his or her name placed on
the ballot for the primary election as a candidate for Mayor or Commissioner
by filing a sworn declaration of candidacy with the County Election
Board during the filing period set by resolution of the Commission.
The filing period shall conform as nearly as practical to state law
and shall not begin less than 15 days from the date the resolution
is submitted to the County Election Board and end not less than 45
days from the date of the primary election.
[Amended at election on March 18, 1997; amended at election
on March 16, 1999]
A primary election shall be held every year on the Tuesday in
September set by state law for special elections. In the event the
runoff primary election for the nomination for office of any political
party as provided in state law is repealed, a primary election shall
be held on the Tuesday of the month set by state law for the primary
election for the nomination of political party candidates in even
numbered years and on the Tuesday of the corresponding month in odd
numbered years set by state law for special elections. In the event
the date of the runoff primary election for the nomination for office
of any political party as provided in state law is changed, the primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday of the month set by state law
for the runoff primary election for the nomination of political party
candidates in even numbered years and on the Tuesday of the corresponding
month in odd numbered years set by state law for special elections.
[Amended at election on March 18, 1997; amended at election
on March 17, 1998; amended at election on March 16, 1999]
A general election shall be held each year on the Tuesday in
November set by state law for special elections.
[Repealed at election on March 17, 1997]
If there are no candidates for Mayor or Commissioner to be voted
upon, and no questions to be voted upon, at a primary election or
a general election, then the election shall not be held.
[Amended at election on March 19, 1996]
Only electors residing within the defined city limits of this
city who have the qualifications prescribed for electors by the state
constitution and law, and who are registered as may be required by
law, may vote in city elections.
[Amended by election of March 19, 1996]
Officers and employees of the city may attend and express their
views at city council meetings, or any other public meeting.
Officers and employees of the city may actively participate
in partisan and nonpartisan political activities provided the political
activity in which the employee participates shall only be exercised
during off-duty hours and while not in uniform. No employee of the
City of Weatherford may file as a candidate for municipal public office
while still employed by the City of Weatherford.
[Amended at election on March 16, 1999]
Except as herein provided by this Charter, all elections for
municipal officers in the City of Weatherford shall be held and conducted
as provided by the Statutes of the State of Oklahoma.
