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 15th Tuesday
prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the 11th 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.
[Ord. No. 203 §§ 1
— 2, 1-19-1980]
A. There is hereby established a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00),
which shall be paid to the Village of Uplands Park, by each and every
person, filing as a candidate for all elective offices in the Village
of Uplands Park, at any election to be held after January 19, 1980.
B. The said fee shall be a prerequisite to the filing for all elective
offices of the Village.
The Village Clerk shall, before the 15th 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.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS
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I,_____, being first duly sworn, state that I reside at__________,
Village of Uplands Park, County of St. Louis, Missouri; that I am
a qualified voter; that I do hereby declare myself a candidate for
the office of __________, to be voted upon at the municipal election
to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of April, 19_____,
and I meet all the qualifications required of a candidate for said
office, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
ballot for said election for said office, and state that I will serve
as such officer, if elected.
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Signed:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of __________,
19__.
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Village Clerk
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Village of Uplands Park
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In Village elections, the Village Clerk shall notify the St.
Louis County Board of Election Commissioners prior to 5:00 P.M. on
the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to any Village election except as noted
in Section 115.125.1, 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 written notice shall be executed on behalf of the Board of Trustees
by the Chairman of the Board, and shall include the attestation of
the Village Clerk and shall have affixed thereto the Seal of the Village
of Uplands Park. The notice and any other information required by
this Section 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.