[R.O. 2008 § 105.010; Ord. No. 6597, 8-22-2019[1]]
A. 
All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
B. 
The City Clerk or the Clerk's designee shall be responsible for accepting all declarations of candidacy for all City elections and certifying to the St. Charles County Election Authority all measures and candidates to be voted on at all City elections.
C. 
The City Clerk or the Clerk's designee shall clearly designate where candidates shall form a line to effectuate such filings and determine the order of such filings; except that, in the case of candidates who file a declaration of candidacy prior to 5:00 p.m. on the first day for filing, the City Clerk shall determine by random drawing the order in which such candidates' names shall appear on the ballot. The drawing shall be conducted so that each candidate, or candidate's representative if the candidate filed under Subsection 2 of Section 115.355, RSMo., 2016, shall draw a number at random at the time of filing. The City Clerk or the Clerk's designee shall record the number drawn with the candidate's declaration of candidacy. The names of candidates filing on the first day of filing for each office on each ballot shall be listed in ascending order of the numbers so drawn.
D. 
The names of the candidates for each office shall be listed in the order in which they are filed, except that candidates who file a declaration of candidacy prior to 5:00 p.m. on the first day for filing the candidates shall be listed in the order determined as provided in Subsection (C), above.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 6597 also amended the title of this Section to include "; Candidate Filing Procedures."