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 115.342, 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:
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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COUNTY OF BENTON
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I, ____________________, being first duly sworn, state that
I reside at ____________________, City of Lincoln, County of Benton,
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 Lincoln
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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 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. 409 §§1 —
2, 8-12-2002]
A. West Ward. The West Ward shall be composed of all of that
part of the City of Lincoln, Missouri, as now incorporated, whether
plated or not, laying west of the centerline of Highway 65 at a point
starting at the north City limits running southerly along 65 Highway
to Locust Street; then west along the centerline of Locust Street
to Morgan Street; then south along the centerline of Morgan Street
to the south City limits. Said area is hereby established and designated
as the West Ward of the City of Lincoln, Missouri.
B. East Ward. The East Ward shall be composed of all of that
part of the City of Lincoln, Missouri, as now incorporated, whether
plated or not, running east of the centerline of Highway 65 at a point
starting at the north City limits running southerly along 65 Highway
to Locust Street; then west along the centerline of Locust Street
to Morgan Street; then south along the centerline of Morgan Street
to the south City limits. Said area is hereby established and designated
as the East Ward of the City of Lincoln, Missouri.