[Adopted 1-2-2007 by Ord. No. 385]
[Amended 8-31-2010 by Ord. No. 492; 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 763; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
II)]
Pursuant to Minn. Stat § 205.065,
the Isanti City Council hereby establishes that the City shall conduct
a municipal primary for the purpose of nominating municipal elective
officers to be held on the second Tuesday in August of any year in
which a municipal primary general election is to be held for the purpose
of electing municipal officers.
[Amended 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 763]
The Clerk shall place upon the primary ballot,
without partisan designation, the names of individuals whose candidacies
have been filed and for whom the proper filling fee has been paid.
When not more than twice the number of individuals to be elected to
a municipal office file for nomination for the office, their names
shall not be placed upon the primary ballot but shall be placed on
the municipal general election ballot as the nominees for that office.
When more than one Council member is to be elected for full terms
at the same election, the candidates' names shall be placed under
one office on the ballot with the number to be elected to the office
specified directly underneath the title and identification of the
office.
[Amended 8-31-2010 by Ord. No. 492]
The municipal primary shall be conducted and
the returns made in the manner provided for the state primary so far
as practicable. On the third day after the primary, the City Council
shall canvass the returns, and the two candidates for each office
who receive the highest number of votes, or a number of candidates
equal to twice the number of individuals to be elected to the office
who receive the highest number of votes, shall be the nominees for
the office named. Their names shall be certified to the Municipal
Clerk who shall place them on the municipal general election ballot
without partisan designation and without payment of an additional
fee.
