[R.O. 1997 § 105.020; Ord. No. 25 § 1, 9-1-1995]
A general non-partisan election for the election of Mayor, all Council Members, and any other elected official of the City of Wildwood shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1996. The name of candidates for all municipal offices shall be listed on the ballot in the order in which they are filed. Each year thereafter an election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April for all elected officials.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.030; Ord. No. 25 § 2, 9-1-1995]
All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo., as may be amended, and shall be conducted by the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners, subject to such rules and regulations as such Board shall enact for the conduct of elections consistent with the laws of the State of Missouri.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.040; Ord. No. 25 §§ 3—4, 9-1-1995; Ord. No. 150 § 1, 9-1-1995; Ord. No. 292 § 1, 12-9-1996]
A. 
Declarations of candidacy filed for office in the municipal election shall be received by the City Clerk or his/her designee commencing at 8:00 A.M. on the seventeenth (17th) Tuesday prior to the election. No declaration of candidacy for office shall be accepted by the City Clerk or his/her designee after 5:00 P.M. on the fourteenth (14th) Tuesday prior to the election.
[Ord. No. 2647, 11-8-2021]
B. 
No candidate's name shall be printed on any official ballot unless the candidate has filed a written "declaration of candidacy" and paid a ten dollar ($10.00) filing fee to the City Clerk or his/her designee.
C. 
Each declaration of candidacy shall state the candidate's full name, name to appear on the ballot, date of birth, residence address, length of residency at that address, office for which he/she proposed to be a candidate and that if elected he/she will serve. It shall be subscribed and sworn to by the candidate before an official authorized to accept his/her declaration of candidacy.
D. 
All candidates filing their declarations of candidacy shall personally file said declaration with the City Clerk or his/her designee.
E. 
Declarations of candidacy will be received by the City Clerk or his/her designee in the order which the candidates pass through the front door of City Hall and the Clerk or his/her designee shall continue to accept filings in that order until all persons have filed.
F. 
No candidate will be admitted inside until the City Hall opens at 8:00 A.M. on the first day of filing.
G. 
Candidates filing for office will be admitted only through the front door.
H. 
The person to pass through the front door shall be the candidate only and not a designee or "stand in."
[R.O. 1997 § 105.050; Ord. No. 25 § 5, 9-1-1995]
The City Clerk shall forward to the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners the content of all issues and names of all candidates to be placed on the official ballot. The Clerk shall also certify to the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners compliance with public notice for the holding of such election prior to the election. The dates upon which such certification shall be forwarded to the St. Louis County Election Board shall be determined by the St. Louis County Election Board pursuant to existing State law.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.055; Ord. No. 390 § 1, 12-8-1997]
A. 
Nominations of candidates for Council Member and Mayor shall be by petition as required by the City Charter. Petitions for Council Member shall be signed by not less than twenty-five (25) registered voters who are residents of the ward in which the candidate is nominated. Petitions for the office of Mayor shall be signed by not less than one hundred (100) registered voters of that City.
B. 
The petitions shall be submitted on forms provided by the City Clerk and shall contain the name and address of the nominee, the form in which the name is to appear on the ballot, the office for which the candidate is being nominated, the statement that the signer is a registered voter qualified to sign, and the date of signature. The person collecting the petition signatures shall sign the petition under oath stating that the signatures are genuine and were affixed in his/her presence. A nominating petition shall have attached "Declaration of Candidacy" required by this Chapter.
C. 
Nominating petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk at the City Hall during regular business hours within the period for filing Declarations of Candidacy. Signatures shall be valid only if obtained not earlier than forty-five (45) days prior to the first day permitted for filing for office. The City Clerk shall forward completed nominating petitions to the Board of Election Commissioners for St. Louis County for verification of the number of qualified signatures. The City Clerk, upon being informed by the Board of Election Commissioners of the County of St. Louis that the nominating petition filed by a candidate is sufficient or not sufficient, shall notify the candidate in writing within seven (7) days of receipt of the same. If a petition is found insufficient the City Clerk shall return it to the person filing it with a statement certifying wherein the petition is insufficient. Within the regular filing time for filing petitions, new or supplemental petitions may be filed for the same candidate. No name shall be certified for placement on the ballot that has not filed a nomination petition as required herein, and no nominating petition shall be accepted by the City Clerk that is not completed or does not facially satisfy the requirements of this Section.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.060; Ord. No. 25 § 6, 9-1-1995]
Any person filing or attempting to file for office by any means other than under the procedure set forth in this Article shall be disqualified and his/her name removed from the ballot.