Any person who seeks to hold an office in the City shall file with the City Clerk a certificate declaring himself/herself a candidate for the nomination for such office.
Such certificates shall be filed with the City Clerk not earlier than the first Monday in January, before the Primary Election date and not later than the fourth Monday in January before the Primary Election day, and must be received by the close of business on that date.
A candidate who has filed a certificate of announcement and wishes to withdraw shall file a signed statement of withdrawal with the Clerk not later than Wednesday following the close of Candidate filing. On the Thursday following the close of Candidate filing, beginning at 9:00 a.m., a drawing by lot to determine the arrangement of names for all offices shall be conducted in the office of City Clerk.
The City hereby adopts the Candidate filing forms and ballot construction requirements of the West Virginia Code and inconsistent provisions of other ordinances are hereby repealed.
(Ord. 536. Passed 1-4-93.)