All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[CC 1985 §8-1; Ord. No. 2884 §1, 12-12-1996; Ord. No. 3507 §1, 8-24-2006]
A. A municipal
election for the qualified voters of this City shall be held on the
first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of each
year.
B. On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of odd-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Ste. Genevieve shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor and
Municipal Judge who shall hold their office for a term of two (2)
years and until their successor(s) is elected and qualified.
C. On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of odd-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Ste. Genevieve shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman
from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2)
years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
D. On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Ste. Genevieve shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman
from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2)
years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 4369, 9-23-2021]
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
City office at the general City election shall file with the City
Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M., on the 17th Tuesday prior
to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the 14th Tuesday prior to the next
City municipal election, a written declaration of his/her intent to
become a candidate at said election. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent
record of the names of the candidates, the offices for which they
seek election, and the date of their filing, and their names shall
appear on the ballots in that order.
No person shall be a candidate for municipal office unless such
person complies with the provisions of Section 115.346, RSMo., regarding
payment of municipal taxes or user fees.
The City Clerk shall, on or before the sixteenth (16th) Tuesday
prior to any election at which City offices are to be filled by said
election, notify the general public of the opening filing date, the
office or offices to be filled, the proper place for filing, and the
closing filing date of the election. Such notification may be accomplished
by legal notice published in at least one (1) newspaper of general
circulation in the City.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
COUNTY OF STE. GENEVIEVE
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Ste. Genevieve,
County of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri; that I am a qualified voter; that
I do hereby declare myself a candidate for the office of ____________________________,
to be voted upon at the municipal election to be held on the first
(1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April, __________, and
I meet all the qualifications required of a candidate for said office,
and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot
for said election for said office and state that I will serve as such
officer, if elected.
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Signed:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______,
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City Clerk
City of Ste. Genevieve
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(S E A L)
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[CC 1985 §8-4; Ord. No. 2884 §4, 12-12-1996]
A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall accompany
each notice of intention to run for elective office in the City. Payment
of such fee is to be made to the City Clerk and is henceforth a prerequisite
to be eligible for election to any elective office in the City.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to any City election
except as noted in Section 115.125.1, RSMo. The notice shall be in
writing, shall specify that the Board of Aldermen is calling the election,
the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and shall include
a certified copy of the legal notice to be published including the
sample ballot. The notice and any other information required by this
Section may, with the prior notification to the election authority
receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile transmission prior
to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to the election, provided
that the original copy of the notice and a certified copy of the legal
notice to be published shall be received in the office of the election
authority within three (3) business days from the date of the facsimile
transmission.
[CC 1985 §8-26; Comp. Ords. §21.101; Ord. No. 4419, 7-14-2022]
After careful study and deliberation, the Board of Aldermen hereby adopts the boundaries for Aldermanic Wards in the City of Ste. Genevieve as established in Article
II, Wards and Precincts, Section
105.070, Adoption, of the Municipal Code pursuant to the attached descriptions marked as Exhibit A, which are adopted herein and made a part of this Section and shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.