All Village elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 02-18, 3-22-2018; Ord. No. 02-23, 2-23-2023]
In accordance with Section 115.124, RSMo., if the number of
candidates that have filed for particular offices is equal to the
number of positions in that office to be filled by said election,
no such election shall be held for such office, and the candidates
shall assume the responsibilities of their offices at the same time
and in the same manner as if they had been elected.
[Ord. No. 13-21, 9-23-2021]
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 seventeenth
(17th) Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the fourteenth
(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 sixteenth (16th) 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:
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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COUNTY OF JASPER
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, Village of Airport
Drive, County of Jasper, 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 Airport Drive
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(SEAL)
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In Village elections, the Village Clerk shall notify the County
Clerk prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to any
Village election except as noted in Section 115.125.1, 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 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.