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 fifteenth
(15th) Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the eleventh
(11th) 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.
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 Village Clerk shall, before the fifteenth (15th) 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
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COUNTY OF ANDREW
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, Village of Country
Club, County of Andrew, 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 of 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 Country Club
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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 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 Country Club. 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.