At least 90 days before each regular election the municipal clerk shall publish a notice of offices to be filled at the election and the manner of making nominations.
(S.G.C. 2.40.080; Ord. 83-557 § 4, 1983; Ord. 05-28 § 4, 2005)
All nomination papers comprising a petition shall be assembled and filed with the municipal clerk as one instrument not earlier than 80 days nor later than 60 days before the election. The municipal clerk shall make a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed. The petition with the name and address of the person by whom it is filed shall be preserved for two months after the election is certified. If the petitions for any candidate are not signed by the required number of qualified electors, the municipal clerk shall notify the candidate and the person who filed the petition within five days after filing, either in person or by registered or certified mail or similar special mail. If the petition is insufficient in any other particular, the municipal clerk shall return it immediately in the same manner to the person who filed it, certifying in writing wherein the petition is insufficient. Such deficient or insufficient petition may be amended and filed again as a new petition, or a substitute petition for the same candidate if filed within the regular time for filing.
(S.G.C. 2.40.090; Ord. 83-557 § 4, 1983; Ord. 84-588 § 4(B), 1984; Ord. 05-28 § 4, 2005)
A candidate for elected office may provide the municipal clerk with biographical information of not more than 150 words, a recent photo of the candidate, and a candidate’s advocacy statement of not more than 250 words for publication on the municipal website. All information must be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. (Alaska Standard Time) on the forty-sixth day before the election. Information received after the deadline will not be published on the municipal website. A candidate may not make a change to the candidate’s biographical information or advocacy statement after the deadline. A candidate’s biographical information and advocacy statement must be submitted typewritten or, preferably, transmitted electronically. An article (e.g., a, and, the) will be counted as one word. Any words included in the candidate’s biographical information or advocacy statement beyond the allowed word counts will not be published. The municipal clerk can provide the candidate with acceptable topics for the biographical information and advocacy statement. The municipal clerk may reject any portion of a candidate’s biographical information or advocacy statement containing obscene, libelous, profane, slanderous or defamatory material.
(S.G.C. 2.40.095; Ord. 14-34 § 4, 2014; Ord. 15-31 § 4, 2015; Ord. 22-06 § 4, 2022; Ord. 23-05 § 4, 2023)
No nominating petition may be accepted by the municipal clerk unless it is accompanied by a public official financial disclosure statement of the candidate as required by Alaska law and a signed acceptance of the nomination by the person nominated. The acceptance shall indicate the candidate’s state voter registration number and the length of time they have resided in the municipality and any other information requested.
(S.G.C. 2.40.100; Ord. 83-557 § 4, 1983; Ord. 15-15 § 4, 2015)
Any candidate nominated may withdraw their nomination not later than 5:00 p.m. on the forty-sixth day before the election by appropriate written notice to the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk will notify the media and public of the withdrawal. However, the ballots will not be modified to reflect the change unless the ballots have not yet been programmed and/or ordered.
(S.G.C. 2.40.110; Ord. 83-557 § 4, 1983; Ord. 14-34 § 4, 2014)
If a qualified elector wishes to be a candidate in an election, but failed to properly file before the deadline, that person may file as a write-in candidate by following rules established by the municipal clerk. The write-in candidate must register with the municipal clerk and complete a form of intent not later than five days before the election. Votes for a write-in candidate will not be counted unless that candidate has properly filed with the municipal clerk and the ballot is marked in accordance with this chapter.
(S.G.C. 2.40.115; Ord. 14-34 § 4, 2014)