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The general municipal election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Neb. RS Chapter 32. The governing body has determined, by ordinance duly adopted, to hold the municipal election in conjunction with the state-wide primary, held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in May of each even numbered year. Prior to February 1 of the year, in which the first such joint election takes place, the governing body shall receive the consent in writing of the County Board to so hold the election and such authorization shall be prescribed according to state law. The County Clerk shall have charge of the election and shall have the authority to deputize the City Clerk for municipal election purposes.
(Prior Code, § 1-801)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 32-505
Council members shall be elected from the municipality at large unless the residents of the municipality have voted to elect its Council members by wards. Council members shall serve for a term of four years and shall be a resident and qualified elector. If the election of Council members takes place by wards, each nominee for Council member shall be a resident and qualified elector of the ward for which he or she is a candidate, and only residents of that ward may sign the candidate’s nomination petitions.
(Prior Code, § 1-802)
ELECTORS shall mean every person of the constitutionally prescribed age or upwards, who shall have the right to vote for all officers to be elected to public office, and upon all questions and proposals, lawfully submitted to the voters at any and all elections authorized or provided for by the Constitution or the laws of the state, except school elections; provided, no person shall be qualified to vote at any election unless such person shall be a resident of the state and shall have been properly registered with the election official of the county.
(Prior Code, § 1-803)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 32-102
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