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 St. Louis
County Board of Election Commissioners 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. 2016 § 105.070; R.O. 2011 § 105.100; Ord. No. 306 § 1, 11-18-2009]
A. Returns. On certification of the election returns by the St. Louis
County Board of Election Commissioners, the results of any election,
whether regular or special, shall be declared by the City Clerk at
the next regular Board of Aldermen meeting following the certification
and in no event later than twenty (20) days following certification.
Those candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the positions
to be filled shall be declared elected and shall be inducted into
office following such declaration.
B. 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 115.515,
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.
C. As an alternative to the procedure prescribed in Subsections
(A) and
(B) of this Section, if the candidates who received an equal number of votes in such election agree to the procedure prescribed in this Subsection, the officer with whom such candidates filed their declarations of candidacy may, after notification of the time and place of such drawing given to each such candidate at least five (5) days before such drawing, determine the winner of such election by lot. Any candidate who received an equal number of votes may decline to have his or her name put into such drawing.