All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
A. 
A municipal election for the qualified voters of this City shall be held on the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of each year.
B. 
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of Rogersville shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor who shall hold his/her office for a term of four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 776 §3, 3-4-2013[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: At a special election held 8-6-2013, a majority of the qualified voters approved the change of terms for Mayor and Alderman from two years to four years, effective with the 2014 general municipal election.
C. 
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of odd-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of Rogersville shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 776 §3, 3-4-2013[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: At a special election held 8-6-2013, a majority of the qualified voters approved the change of terms for Mayor and Alderman from two years to four years, effective with the 2014 general municipal election.
D. 
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of Rogersville shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 776 §3, 3-4-2013[3]]
[3]
Editor's Note: At a special election held 8-6-2013, a majority of the qualified voters approved the change of terms for Mayor and Alderman from two years to four years, effective with the 2014 general municipal election.
[Ord. No. 418 §1, 12-15-2003]
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 that 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.
[Ord. No. 418 §2, 12-15-2003]
The City Clerk shall, on or before the sixteenth (16th) Tuesday prior to any election at which City offices are to 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:
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
STATE OF MISSOURI
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COUNTY OF WEBSTER
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I, _________________________, being first duly sworn, state that I reside at _________________________, City of Rogersville, County of Webster, 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.
 Signed:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of __________________, ______.
  City Clerk
  City of Rogersville
(SEAL)
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk 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 written notice shall be executed on behalf of the Board of Aldermen by the Mayor of the Board and shall include the attestation of the City Clerk and shall have affixed thereto the Seal of the City of Rogersville. 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.
[Ord. No. 374 §§1 — 6, 6-3-2002]
A. 
The City of Rogersville, Missouri, is hereby divided into two (2) wards, which shall be known respectively as Ward I and Ward II.
1. 
Ward I shall include all of the land north and/or east of the center of the following streets:
West Center Street from the western City limits to Main Street; Main Street from Center Street to Church Street; Church Street from Main Street to South Mill Street; South Mill Street from Church Street to Highway 60; Highway 60 from South Mill Street to the eastern City limits of Rogersville, Missouri.
2. 
Ward II shall include all of the land south and/or west of the center of the following streets:
West Center Street from the western City limits to Main Street; Main Street from Center Street to Church Street; Church Street from Main Street to South Mill Street; South Mill Street from Church Street to Highway 60; Highway 60 from South Mill Street to the eastern City limits of Rogersville, Missouri.