Regular and special municipal elections shall be held at such
intervals and in the manner provided in Sections 47 to 58 of the Rochester
City Charter.
[Amended 6-1-2010]
No person's name shall be printed upon the municipal election
ballot unless, not later than 5:00 p.m. of the 45th nor earlier than
9:00 a.m. of the 60th day prior to the date of said municipal election,
such person shall file with the City Clerk a written declaration of
candidacy on forms prepared by the City Clerk and shall have paid
to the City Clerk, for the use of the City, a filing fee in the appropriate
amount. The appropriate amount of filing fee for the various municipal
offices shall be as follows: for Mayor, fifty dollars ($50.); for
City Council, ten dollars ($10.); for School Board, ten dollars ($10.);
for Police Commission, ten dollars ($10.); and for election official
and any other municipal office to be voted upon at said municipal
election, two dollars ($2.).
No person shall be permitted to file declarations of candidacy
at any municipal election for incompatible offices. For purposes of
this section, incompatible offices shall include the offices of Mayor,
City Councilor, School Board member, and Police Commissioner. If any
person shall attempt to file declarations of candidacy for such incompatible
offices, the City Clerk shall advise of the provisions hereof.
No person shall hold two of the following offices at the same
time: Mayor, City Councilor, School Board member, and Police Commissioner.
An acceptance of any one of the aforesaid offices shall be a resignation
of the others.
Any candidate for an office at a municipal election shall be
entitled to a recount of the ballots cast at said election upon his/her
filing with the City Clerk an application for such recount in accordance
with the provisions of Section 52 of the City Charter and paying to
the City Clerk for the use of the City a fee in the appropriate amount.
In cases where the vote margin separating the candidate requesting
the recount from the winning candidate according to the official canvass
of the votes is no greater than 3% of the total votes cast for such
office at said election, the appropriate fee shall be fifty dollars
($50.) for a City-wide recount and ten dollars ($10.) for a ward recount.
In all other cases, the appropriate fee for a recount shall be six
hundred dollars ($600.) for a City-wide recount and two hundred dollars
($200.) for a ward recount.