(a) Certificate of Announcement; Filing Period. The Town of Eleanor shall require a candidate file a certificate of announcement between the second Monday of January and the last Saturday of January before the election. The filing is made with the municipal recorder, and may be made by mail, but must be postmarked by the U. S. Postal Service no later than midnight of the last day of filing. The form of the certificate is set out by law, and must be notarized. An incomplete certificate of announcement which lacks essential information may be rejected. Public notice of the candidate filing times and requirements should be made at least two weeks before the filing period. Forms and written information about candidate filing should also be available by that time. Before distributing these forms, the recorder should enter the date of drawing for ballot position on reverse side of the certificate of announcement, in order to meet the requirement that candidates be given notice of the drawing at the time of filing.
(b) Filing Fees. Candidate must pay a filing fee of five dollars ($5.00). The fee must be paid within the filing period. An alternative to the filing fee must be provided. Under state law, the candidate may have the filing fee waived by filing an oath that he/she is unable to pay the filing fee and a petition containing signatures of four registered voters of the municipality for each $1 of the filing fee. The completed petition must be filed no later than the close of candidate filing.
(c) Prohibition Against Running for Two Offices. The law prevents a candidate's name from appearing on the ballot for any office if that candidate files a certificate of announcement for more than one office and does not formally withdraw from all but one office before the close of the filing period.
(Ord. 05-07. Passed 10-20-05.)