Chapter 1.12
ELECTIONS

Sections:

1.12.010    Eligibility for nomination for elective office.

1.12.020    Petition – Required – Contents.

1.12.030    Petition – Required signatures – Forms.

1.12.040    Petition – Time for filing.

1.12.050    Deficient petitions – Correction – Refiling.

1.12.060    Preservation of successful candidate’s petition.

1.12.010 Eligibility for nomination for elective office.

A qualified elector who has resided in the city during the six months immediately preceding the last day available for filing for the election may be nominated for an elective city position. (Ord. 89-3 § 1)

1.12.020 Petition – Required – Contents.

Nomination shall be by petition, which shall contain:

A. The name by which the candidate is commonly known. A candidate may use a nickname in parentheses in connection with the candidate’s full name;

B. The mailing address of the residence of the candidate;

C. The office for which the candidate seeks nomination;

D. A statement that the candidate is willing to accept the office if elected;

E. A statement that the candidate will qualify if elected;

F. The signature of the candidate. (Ord. 89-3 § 1(a) – (f))

1.12.030 Petition – Required signatures – Forms.

Such petition shall be signed by not fewer than 25 electors. The signers of a petition for councilor from a particular ward shall be legal voters residing within that ward; but if the petition is for mayor, such petition may be signed by legal voters residing in any ward in the city. The signature sheets and forms therefor shall be in accordance with the applicable rules and forms designed by the Secretary of State. (Ord. 89-3 § 2)

1.12.040 Petition – Time for filing.

All nomination papers comprising a petition shall be assembled and filed with the city recorder as one instrument not later than five working days before the last day available for filing for the election with the county. The city recorder will post notice of the date for filing nomination petitions with the city at least 20 days prior to the filing date. The recorder shall make a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed and shall take and preserve the name, residence and mailing address of the person by whom it is filed. (Ord. 89-23 § 1; Ord. 89-3 § 3)

1.12.050 Deficient petitions – Correction – Refiling.

If the petition is not signed by the required number of qualified electors, the recorder shall notify the candidate and the person who filed the petition within five days after the filing. If the petition is insufficient in any other particular, the recorder shall return it immediately to the person who filed it, certifying in writing wherein the petition is insufficient. Such deficient petition may be amended and filed again as a new petition, or a substitute petition for the same candidate may be filed within the regular time for filing nomination petitions. (Ord. 89-3 § 3)

1.12.060 Preservation of successful candidate’s petition.

The petition of nomination for a successful candidate at an election shall be preserved in the office of the recorder until the term of office for which the candidate is elected expires. (Ord. 89-3 § 3)