[R.O. 2001 § 140.010; CC 1990 § 140.010; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 97.043 § 1, 9-8-1997; Ord. No. 2004.29 § 1, 12-13-2004; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
A. 
A general election for the elective officers of this City shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of each year.
1. 
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of odd-numbered years, an election shall be held by the qualified voters of each ward in the City for Mayor and for one (1) Alderman for each ward, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of two (2) years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
2. 
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of even-numbered years, an election shall be held by the qualified voters of each ward of this City for one (1) Alderman for each ward, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of two (2) years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.020; CC 1990 § 140.020; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
Any person desiring to seek election for any elective City office at any general City election may do so by filing his name and the office for which he/she seeks election with the City Clerk during the filing period (8:00 A.M., the 17th Tuesday prior to the election date; the closing filing date shall be 5:00 P.M., the 14th Tuesday prior to the election). The 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.
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Editor's Note: As a part of the recodification of the City's Code, former Section 140.030, Qualifications Challenged, which derived from R.O. 2001 § 140.030; CC 1990 § 140.030; Ord. No. 96.045; and Ord. No. 2021.16, was repealed and this former Section 140.035 was renumbered to be Section 140.030.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.060; CC 1990 § 140.060; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
The City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk prior to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to any City election of the forthcoming City election. The notice shall be in writing and shall specify that the City is calling the election, the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and it shall include a certified copy of the legal notice to be published and the sample ballot. 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 tenth 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 business days from the date of the facsimile transmission.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.070; CC 1990 § 140.070; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
Any person who is qualified to vote, or who shall become qualified to vote on or before the day of election, shall be entitled to register in the jurisdiction within which he or she resides. In order to vote in any election for which registration is required, a person must be registered to vote in the State of Missouri no later than 5:00 p.m., or the normal closing time of any public building where the registration is being held if such time is later than 5:00 p.m., on the fourth Wednesday prior to the election, unless the voter is an interstate former resident, a new resident, or a covered voter, as defined in Section 115.275, RSMo. Any person registering after such date shall be eligible to vote in subsequent elections.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.080; CC 1990 § 140.080; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
The election authority shall designate the polling places in all City elections. The election authority shall appoint all election judges. The City shall pay all the election costs required by the election authority conducting its election.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.090; CC 1990 § 140.090; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
It shall be the duty of the City police officers to give any assistance or protection required by the election authority, any employee of the election authority, or any election judge, and to comply with all lawful requests and directions of the election authority relating to such assistance.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.100; CC 1990 § 140.100; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
Authorized dates for special City elections are the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February or March, August or November of each year.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.110; CC 1990 § 140.110; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
As soon as practicable after each City election, the election authority shall convene a verification board to verify the count and certify the results of the election. Not later than the second Tuesday after the election, the verification board shall issue a statement announcing the results of each election and shall certify the returns to the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall issue to each person elected a certificate of election.
[R.O. 2001 § 140.120; CC 1990 § 140.120; Ord. No. 96.045 § 1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2021.16, 11-8-2021]
Prior to each City election the Board of Aldermen shall timely pass an election ordinance authorizing, establishing and providing the election procedure to be followed in the conduct of the City election.