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 Tuesday after the first
Monday in April of each year.
B.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of Gallatin 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.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in April of odd-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of Gallatin shall be held for the purpose of electing
one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for
a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected and
qualified.
D.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of Gallatin shall be held for the purpose of electing
one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for
a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected and
qualified.
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.
A.
No person shall qualify as a candidate
for elective public office in the State of Missouri who has been found
guilty of or pled guilty to a felony under the Federal laws of the
United States of America or to a felony under the laws of this State
or an offense committed in another state that would be considered
a felony in this State.
B.
Any person who files as a candidate for
election to a public office shall be disqualified from participation
in the election for which the candidate has filed if such person is
delinquent in the payment of any State income taxes, personal property
taxes, municipal taxes, real property taxes on the place of residence,
as stated on the declaration of candidacy, or if the person is a past
or present corporate officer of any fee office that owes any taxes
to the State.
C.
Each potential candidate for election to
a public office shall file an affidavit with the Department of Revenue
and include a copy of the affidavit with the declaration of candidacy
required under Section 115.349, RSMo. Such affidavit shall be in substantially
the form as set out in Section 115.306, RSMo.
D.
Upon receipt of a complaint alleging a
delinquency of the candidate in the filing or payment of any State
income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property
taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy,
or if the person is a past or present corporate officer of any fee
office that owes any taxes to the State, the Department of Revenue
shall investigate such potential candidate to verify the claim contained
in the complaint. If the Department of Revenue finds a positive affirmation
to be false, the Department shall contact the Secretary of State,
or the election official who accepted such candidate's declaration
of candidacy, and the potential candidate. The Department shall notify
the candidate of the outstanding tax owed and give the candidate thirty
(30) days to remit any such outstanding taxes owed which are not the
subject of dispute between the Department and the candidate. If the
candidate fails to remit such amounts in full within thirty (30) days,
the candidate shall be disqualified from participating in the current
election and barred from refiling for an entire election cycle even
if the individual pays all of the outstanding taxes that were the
subject of the complaint.
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. 2003 § 105.060; CC 1997 § 31.140; Ord. No. 725-88 § 31.140, 11-7-1988]
A.
No person shall display or give away political
or campaign materials in support of any candidate, issue or proposition
to be voted on in a public election in the City Hall, Police Station,
Fire Station, or utility plant building, or within any other structures
owned by the City of Gallatin, Missouri.
