[Ord. No. 2944 § 11, 7-8-1974]
The Council shall provide by ordinance all regulations which it deems necessary or desirable, not inconsistent with this Charter or statute, for the conduct of elections, for the prevention of fraud therein, and for the recount of ballots in case of doubt or fraud. Municipal elections shall be nonpartisan.
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Editor's Note—Section 12.2, providing the composition, terms and functions of a board of election commissioners, was repealed by § 2 of Ord. No. 4162, adopted August 23, 1982, and approved at an election held November 2, 1982.
[Ord. No. 2944 § 13, 7-8-1974; Ord. No. 4162 § 1, 8-23-1982; Ord. No. 4903 § 1, 5-23-1988]
Nominations of candidates for all elective offices shall be by petition. Petitions for Councilmen and municipal judge shall be signed by not less than two hundred (200) registered voters who are entitled to vote for the candidate so nominated. Petitions for all other elective officials shall be signed by not less than five hundred (500) registered voters of the City.
Said 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 he is being nominated, the certification that the signer is a registered voter, together with a statement of acceptance of the nomination by the nominee.
Nominating petitions shall be distributed by and/or filed with the City Clerk at the City Hall during regular business hours not earlier than ninety (90) days nor later than sixty (60) days before an election. 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 immediately upon 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.
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Editor's Note—Ord. No. 4162, § 1 of which amended this section, adopted August 23, 1982, was approved at an election held November 2, 1982. Ord. No. 4903, also amending this section, adopted May 23, 1988, was approved at an election held August 2, 1988.
The regular election for all elective officers shall be held on the first Tuesday in April. The year in which elections for a specific office shall be held shall be determined by the length of term of such office. By resolution the Council may call and provide for holding special elections.
The Council shall have the power to prescribe the form of ballot and may, not inconsistent with statute, provide for the use of machines for voting or for counting the votes, provided, however, that the names of the candidates shall be placed on the ballot in the order in which the nominating petitions are filed.
If two (2) or more candidates receive an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, another election between the candidates so tied shall be at the next date available under the law.
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Editor's Note—Ord. no. 7858 § 2, adopted January 23, 2012, amending § 12.7 was approved at an election held April 3, 2012.
If a vacancy shall occur in any elected office within one hundred eighty (180) days of the expiration of the term of said office, the Mayor, with the approval of a majority of the members of the Council, shall fill said vacancy by appointment for the balance of the term.
If a vacancy shall occur in any elected office more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the expiration of the term of said office, the Council shall, within ten (10) days after the occurrence of such vacancy, call an election to fill said office for the unexpired term thereof. Such election shall be held at the next election date available under the law following the occurrence of the vacancy and shall be conducted in the same manner as provided for regular elections.
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Editor's Note—Ord. no. 7858 § 3, adopted January 23, 2012, amending § 12.8 was approved at an election held April 3, 2012.