All Village elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
Village office at the general Village election shall file with the
Village 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 Village municipal election, a written declaration of his/her
intent to become a candidate at said election. The Village 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.
The Village Clerk shall, on or before the 17th Tuesday prior
to any election at which Village 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 Village.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, Village of Marlborough,
County of St. Louis, 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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Village Clerk
Village of Marlborough
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In Village elections, the Village Clerk shall notify the Board
of Election Commissioners prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday
prior to any Village election except as noted in Section 115.125,
RSMo. The notice shall be in writing, shall specify that the Board
of Trustees 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 written
notice shall be executed on behalf of the Board of Trustees by the
Chairman of the Board and shall include the attestation of the Village
Clerk and shall have affixed thereto the Seal of the Village of Marlborough.
The notice and any other information required by Section 115.125,
RSMo., 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.