State Law Reference: As to elections in third class cities, see § 77.040, RSMo., and Ch. 115, RSMo.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.010; R.O. of 1942 §§ 130-134; Ord. No. 7130 §§ 1-3, 11-18-1991; Ord. No. 01-9077 § 1, 10-15-2001; Ord. No. 11-10921 § 1, 11-21-2011]
A. 
Ward One. All that part of the City located south of the Missouri River and east of Jefferson Street, bounded on the south by East Eleventh Street between Jefferson Street and Sunnyside Street, bounded on the south by Blue Jay Drive between Sunnyside Street and Highway 47, and bounded on the south by Busch Creek between Highway 47 and the east City limits, and bounded on the south by Highway 100 between International Avenue and the east City limits.
B. 
Ward Two. All that part of the City located south of Ward One and south of Fourteenth Street, north of Highway 100 between Jefferson Street and Highway 47 and bound on the east by Highway 47 to the east and south City limits.
C. 
Ward Three. All, that part of the City lying south of Ward Four bounded on the north by Eighth Street between Jefferson Street and High Street, and south of Fifth Street between. High Street and West Highway 100, to the south City limits, all that part south of Ward One, west and north of Ward Two, between Jefferson Street and on the east by Highway 47, and all the part lying south of Highway 100 bounded on the east by Highway 47 and west by the City limit and bounded to the south by the City limits.
D. 
Ward Four. All that part of the City located south of the Missouri River bounded on the east by Ward One, bounded on the south by Eighth Street between High Street and Jefferson Street and bounded on the south by West Fifth Street between High Street and West Highway 100 west to the west City limits.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.020; R.O. of 1942 § 149; CC 1970 § 8-2; Ord. No. 7230, 6-15-1992; Ord. No. 98-8306 § 1, 1-5-1998]
A. 
The following officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City: Mayor, City Attorney, and Municipal Judge. The term of office for each of the officers shall be two (2) years, except the office of Mayor, which shall be a four-year term. All officers shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
B. 
From and after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April 1896, and every two (2) years thereafter, an election shall be held for the purpose of electing the above-named officers, with the exception of the Mayor, who shall be elected every four (4) years.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.030; R.O. of 1942 § 105; CC 1970 § 8-3; Ord. No. 98-8307 § 1, 1-5-1998]
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April in each year, an election shall be held in each ward of the City for the election in each of the wards of one (1) member of the City Council, and the person so elected shall hold their office for two (2) years next ensuing their election.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.040; R.O. of 1942, § 170; CC 1970 § 8-23]
The Mayor shall cause to be prepared and shall sign and issue commissions to all officers duly elected who have received certificates of election.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.050; Ord. No. 4447 § 1, 8-19-1974; Ord. No. 7317 § 1, 12-7-1992]
A. 
A person desiring to be a candidate for public office to be filled by election in the City of Washington, Missouri, shall file with the City Clerk for the City of Washington, Missouri, a declaration of candidacy stating the candidate's full name, residence address, office for which he/she proposes to be a candidate, and that he/she is qualified to hold that office.
B. 
The declaration of candidacy form is on file in the City Clerk's office.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.060; Ord. No. 6944 §§ 1-2, 12-3-1990; Ord. No. 7317 § 2, 12-7-1992]
A. 
Filing Of Declarations—Establishment Of Time. Declarations of candidates for election to the elective offices of the City of Washington shall be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Washington, beginning at 8:00 A.M. Washington, Missouri, time on the first date declarations are permitted to be filed under applicable law of the State of Missouri and the City of Washington.
B. 
Filing Of Declarations—Procedure.
1. 
All candidates for election to the elective offices of the City of Washington, desiring to wait in line to file declarations at the time and place designated in Subsection (A) above, shall wait in line at the north door of the City Hall, 405 Jefferson Street, Washington, Missouri, 63090.
2. 
Filing of declarations of candidates for election to the elective offices of the City of Washington, shall be accepted in the order in which they are presented to the City Clerk of the City of Washington.
3. 
Candidates desiring to wait in line to file declarations for elections to the elective offices of the City of Washington, may appoint an agent to maintain their place in line; provided, however, the candidate must personally appear in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Washington to file his/her declaration.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.090; Ord. No. 4447 § 5, 8-19-1974; Ord. No. 7317 § 5, 12-7-1992]
The City Clerk shall cause to be preserved in his/her office all declarations of candidacy filed therein under the provisions of this Article for a period of one (1) year.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.110; Ord. No. 4447 § 7 8-19-1974; Ord. No. 7317 § 6, 12-7-1992]
Names of candidates for each office shall be placed on the ballot in the order in which his/her declaration is filed with the City Clerk.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.120; Ord. No. 4447 § 8, 8-19-1974; Ord. No. 7317 § 7, 12-7-1992]
A. 
At least ten (10) days before an election to fill any City office, the City Clerk shall cause to be published in two (2) newspapers published in the City the names of candidates to office filed in his/her office. He/she shall make not less than two (2) publications in each of such newspapers before the election, one (1) of which publication in such newspapers shall be upon the last day upon which such newspapers are issued before the election.
B. 
The list of names of candidates published by the City Clerk shall be arranged in the order and form in which they shall be printed upon the ballot.
C. 
The City Clerk shall not include in the publication to be made, according to this Section, the names of candidates whose declaration of candidacy shall have been filed in his/her office, who shall have notified him/her in writing signed and sworn to before a notary public, that he/she is withdrawing his/her declaration of candidacy. The names of such candidates shall not be included in the names of the candidates to be printed in the ballots as hereinbefore provided.
[R.O. 1992 § 160.130; Ord. No. 4447 § 9, 8-19-1974]
A. 
No City Officer and no candidate for any elective City office shall be appointed a judge of any municipal election or serve as such, and no person shall be considered a candidate within the meaning of this Section unless he/she shall have been announced as such, either by himself/herself or others, previous to the opening of the polls.
B. 
No person shall be qualified to act as a judge of any election unless he/she shall be legally entitled to vote at the election and shall moreover be able to read and write.