All City 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
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 sixteenth (16th)
Tuesday prior to nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the eleventh (11th) 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:
STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
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COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Oakland, 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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City Clerk
City of Oakland
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In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the Board of
Election Commissioners 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 1997 §2-1; Ord. No. 97 §1, 5-13-1946]
A. The
City is hereby divided into two (2) wards to be known as Ward No.
1 and Ward No. 2. The wards shall be as follows:
1. Ward No. 1. Beginning at a point on the westerly
City limits of the City at its intersection with the centerline of
Argonne Drive; thence southwardly along the westerly City limits line
of the City to the southerly City limits line; thence eastwardly along
the southerly City limits line of the City to the centerline of Sappington
Road; thence northwardly along the centerline of Sappington Road to
the centerline of Argonne Drive; thence westwardly along the centerline
of Argonne Drive to the point of beginning.
2. Ward No. 2. Beginning at a point on the westerly
City limits of the City at its intersection with the centerline of
Argonne Drive; thence northwardly along the westerly City limits of
the City to the northerly City limits line; thence eastwardly along
the northerly City limits line of the City to the easterly City limits
line; thence southwardly along the easterly City limits line of the
City to the southerly City limits line; thence westwardly along the
southerly City limits of the City to the centerline of Sappington
Road; thence northwardly along the centerline of Sappington Road to
the centerline of Argonne Drive; thence westwardly along the centerline
of Argonne Drive to the point of beginning.