All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[Ord. No. A-284 §1, 9-11-1997; Ord. No. A-351 §§1 — 5, 1-16-2006; Ord. No. A-360 §1, 7-10-2006]
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 odd-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of Lockwood shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor, who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years, and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
C. 
At-Large Elections. Election to the Board of Aldermen shall be at-large. The seats of current Aldermen shall be filled at-large as soon as the current term expires. Each year thereafter, one half the Board of Aldermen shall stand for election at-large for a two-year term.
[Ord. No. A-475 §1, 11-9-2015]
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 fifteenth (15th) 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.
The City Clerk shall, before the thirteenth (13th) 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
STATE OF MISSOURI
 
COUNTY OF DADE
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I, ____________________, being first duly sworn, state that I reside at ____________________, City of Lockwood, County of Dade, 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 of April, 19_____, 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 Lockwood
(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 or within seven (7) working days after the candidates' names are certified, whichever is later, of the forthcoming City election. 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 Lockwood.
[Ord. No. A-476 §§1 — 3, 11-9-2015]
A. 
The City of Lockwood, Missouri, shall be authorized to forgo 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 election.
B. 
If the majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters are in favor of the question,[1] then the municipality shall conduct its municipal elections for the following six years immediately thereafter in accordance with Section 115.124, RSMo. At the end of such six-year period it shall be prohibited from conducting elections in such manner unless another election is held and the issue is again approved by the majority of the qualified voters.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved by a majority of the qualified voters at an election held 4-5-2016.
C. 
If no election is held for such office as provided 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 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.
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Editor’s Note: Former Art. II, Wards, adopted CC 1977 §§30.010 — 30.030, was repealed 11-9-2015 by Ord. No. A-475 §2.