Chapter 1.20
ELECTIONS
Sections:
1.20.020 Election may be cancelled—When.
1.20.030 Nomination of municipal officers.
1.20.090 Write-in candidate affidavit in mail ballot elections.
1.20.010 Purpose.
This chapter contains the modifications, amendments, and additional procedures for elections in the city of Glendale as provided in Section 3.3 of the City Charter. It is the intent of this chapter to supersede any conflicting provisions of the Colorado Municipal Elections Law as now existing or hereafter amended or modified as consistent with the City Charter. (Ord. 2007-8 § 1 (part))
1.20.020 Election may be cancelled—When.
If the only matter before the voters is the election of persons to office and if, at the close of business on the sixty-fourth day before the election, there are not more candidates than offices to be filled at such election, including candidates filing affidavits of intent, the Clerk, if instructed by resolution of the Governing Body either before or after such date, shall cancel the election and by resolution declare the candidate elected. Upon such declaration the candidates shall be deemed elected. Notice of such cancellation shall be published, if possible, in order to inform the electors of the municipality, and notice of such cancellation shall be posted at each polling place and in not less than one (1) other public place. (Ord. 2019-3 § 1 (part): Ord. 2007-8 § 1 (part))
1.20.030 Nomination of municipal officers.
This section expressly replaces and supersedes subsections (1), (2) and (4) of C.R.S. § 31-10-302.
(1) Candidates for municipal offices shall be nominated, without regard to affiliation, by petition on forms supplied by the clerk. A petition of nomination may consist of one or more sheets, but it shall contain the name and address of only one candidate and shall indicate the office to which the candidate is seeking election.
(2) Nomination petitions may be circulated and signed beginning on the ninety-first day and ending on the seventy-first day prior to the day of election. Each petition for a candidate for the City of Glendale shall be signed by fifty registered electors within the city.
(4) No petition is valid that does not contain the requisite number of signatures of registered electors. The clerk shall inspect timely filed petitions of nomination to ensure compliance with this section. Such inspection may consist of an examination of the information on the signature lines for patent defects, a comparison of the information on the signature lines with a list of registered electors provided by the county, or any other method of inspection reasonably expected to ensure compliance with this section. Any petition may be amended to correct or replace those signatures that the clerk finds are not in apparent conformity with the requirements of this section at any time prior to sixty-six days before the day of election.
(Ord. 2019-3 § 1 (part): Ord. 2007-8 § 1 (part))
1.20.070 Write-in candidates.
This section expressly replaces and supersedes C.R.S. § 31-10-306. The city of Glendale requires that no write-in vote for any municipal office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent has been filed with the Clerk by the person whose name is written in prior to seventy-one (71) days before the day of the election indicating that such person desires the office and is qualified to assume the duties of that office if elected. (Ord. 2019-3 § 1 (part): Ord. 2007-8 § 1 (part))
1.20.090 Write-in candidate affidavit in mail ballot elections.
This section expressly replaces and supersedes C.R.S. Section 31-10-912. No write-in vote for any office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate has been filed with the Clerk by the person wishing to be a write-in candidate not later than seventy-one (71) days before the day of the election. The affidavit of intent must indicate the office to which the affiant desires election and that the affiant is qualified to assume the office if elected. (Ord. 2019-3 § 1 (part))