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 17th Tuesday prior
to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the 14th 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, on or before the 17th 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.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to any City election
except as noted in Section 115.125, 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 Section
115.125, RSMo., 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.
[R.O. 1994 §105.120]
If two (2) or more persons receive an equal number of votes
for nomination or election to any office not otherwise provided for
in Section 115.517, RSMo., or this Section, and a higher number of
votes than any other candidate for nomination or election to the same
office, the officer with whom such candidates filed their declarations
of candidacy shall, immediately after the results of the election
have been certified, issue a proclamation stating the fact and ordering
a special election to determine which candidate is elected to the
office. The proclamation shall set the date of the election and shall
be sent by the officer to each election authority responsible for
conducting the special election. In his/her proclamation, the officer
shall specify the name of each candidate for the office to be voted
on at the election, and the special election shall be conducted and
the votes counted as in other elections.
[R.O. 1994 §115.010; CC 1955 Ch. 2 §1-3; Ord. No. 44 §1, 2-7-1972]
The City of Jonesburg, Missouri, is hereby divided into two
(2) wards, denominated "East Ward" and "West Ward." East Ward is all
that portion of the City lying east of the following described line:
Beginning on the North line of the corporate limits of Jonesburg
at a point where the center line of First Street would intersect said
North corporate line if First Street extended to said North line;
thence South along said center line of First Street, if extended,
and the center line of First Street to its intersection with the center
line of Boonslick Road (Old U.S. 40); thence West along the center
line of Boonslick Road to its intersection with the center line of
Arlington Street; thence South along the center line of Arlington
Street, and an extension thereof, to the South line of the corporate
limits of Jonesburg;
And West Ward is all that part of the City lying west of said
line.