All Village elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 01-21, 1-25-2021]
A. The
Village of Indian Point, Missouri, shall be authorized to forego annual
elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular
office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled
by the election.
B. The
municipality shall conduct its municipal elections for the six (6)
years immediately following the approval by the voters in accordance
with Section 115.124, RSMo. At the end of such six-year period it
shall be prohibited from conducting elections in such a manner unless
another election is held, and the issue is again approved by majority
of qualified voters.
C. If
no election is held for such office as approved in this Section, the
election authority shall publish a notice containing the names of
the candidates that shall assume the responsibilities of office under
this Section. Such notice shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper
of general circulation as defined in Section 493.050, RSMo., by the
first of the month in which the election would have occurred, had
it been contested.
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 16th Tuesday
prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the 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 115.342, RSMo., regarding
payment of municipal taxes or user fees.
The Village Clerk shall, on or before the 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.
In Village elections, the Village Clerk shall notify the County
Clerk prior to 5:00 P.M. on the 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 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.