All Village 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 Village office at the general Village
election shall file with the Village 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 Village municipal election,
a written declaration of his/her intent to become a candidate at said
election. The Village 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 Village Clerk shall, on or before
the 17th Tuesday prior to any election at which Village 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 Village.
In Village elections, the Village Clerk shall notify the County
Clerk prior to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to any Village
election except as noted in Section 115.125, RSMo. The notice shall
be in writing, shall specify that the Board of Trustees 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.