ARTICLE 7
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
1. The term of the first mayor elected under this charter, shall be three years; the terms of the first councilmen from wards one and two elected under this charter, shall be two years; the terms of the first councilmen from wards three and four elected under this charter, shall be one year. Every year thereafter, the successors of those whose terms are expiring shall be elected for overlapping terms of three years;
2. All candidates for mayor and councilmen shall be nominated and the mayor and all councilmen shall be elected, at large, by the qualified electors of the entire city, although candidates for councilmen from the wards must be qualified electors of their respective wards; and
3. Both the primary and the general election shall be nonpartisan; and no party designation or emblem shall be placed on the ballot.
The general election shall be held in the city of Duncan on the 1st Tuesday in April or on a date which may be changed pursuant to the election laws of the state of Oklahoma, in order to elect the successor or successors of those whose terms are expiring, if candidates for one or more such offices remain to be voted upon. Every qualified elector to the city of Duncan shall be entitled to vote for one candidate for each of the offices to be filled. The candidates for each office receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. It is further understood that general elections shall be commenced at least forty-five (45) days subsequent to the primary election. (Res. 1448, 1-25-2005)
No officer or employee of the city except the mayor and other councilmen, may attempt to influence the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate for mayor or councilman except by the proper exercise of his right to vote. Any person who violates this provision, shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars inclusive of costs. Such violation shall constitute cause for removal from office or employment.
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