For said City, there shall be elected at the regular municipal election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in June, 2011, a mayor and two-councilmen, namely, the Water Commissioner and the Commissioner of Recreation, who shall hold their office for three years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in June, 2012 three councilmen, namely the Finance Commissioner, the Urban Development Commissioner, and the Commissioner of Streets, Sewer, and I& I, shall be elected, who shall hold their office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in June, 2014, a mayor and two councilmen, namely, the Water Commissioner and the Commissioner of Recreation, shall be elected, who shall hold their office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in June, 2016, three councilmen, namely the Finance Commissioner, the Urban Development Commissioner, and the Commissioner of Streets, Sewer and I & I, shall be elected, who shall hold their office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. In a like manner thereafter, elections shall be held every other year, with offices being held for a term of four years.
If any vacancy occurs in any such office, the remaining members of said Council shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy during the balance of the unexpired term.
Said officers shall be nominated and elected at large, and they shall qualify and their terms of office shall be four years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and shall begin on the first day of July after the election.
Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or councilman shall, file with the City Administrator a statement of such candidacy, the form of which shall comply with that prescribed by the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office.
And shall at the same time file therewith the petition of at least ten qualified voters requesting such candidacy. Each petition shall be verified by one or more persons as to the qualifications and residence, with street number, of each of the persons so signing the said petition, and the said petition shall be in substantially the following form:
PETITION ACCOMPANYING CANDIDACY STATEMENT.
The undersigned, duly qualified electors of the City of Keyser, and residing at the places set opposite our respective names hereon, do hereby request that the name of (name of candidate) be placed on the ballot as a candidate for election for (name of office) at the general election to be held in such city on the day of June, 20 . We further state that we know him/her to be a qualified elector of said city and a person of good moral character, and qualified in our judgment, for the duties of such office.
Names of Qualified Electors. Number. Street.
Immediately upon the expiration of the time of filing the statements and petitions for candidates, the said City Administrator shall cause to be published in the newspapers published in the City, in proper form, the names of the persons as they are to appear upon the general ballot; and shall cause copies of said list of names, as published, to be forthwith posted in at least ten conspicuous places in said City; and the said Administrator shall thereupon cause the general ballots to be printed, authenticated with a facsimile of his/her signature. Upon the said ballot the names of the candidates for mayor, arranged alphabetically, shall first be placed, with a square at the left of each name and immediately below, the words “vote for one.” Following these
names, likewise arranged in alphabetical order, shall appear the names of the candidates for councilmen, with a square at the left of each name, and below the names of such candidates shall appear the words “vote for two.” The ballot shall be printed upon plain, substantial white paper, and shall be headed:
“Candidates for election for mayor and councilmen of the city of Keyser, at the general election,” but shall have no party designation or mark whatever. The ballots shall be in substantially the following form:
(Place a cross in the square preceding the names of the parties you favor as candidates for the respective offices.)
OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
Candidates for nomination for mayor and councilmen of the City of Keyser at the general election.
For Mayor
[ ] (name of candidate.)
(Vote for one.)
For Councilman
[ ] (Name of candidate.)
(Vote for two.)
Official ballot, attest:
Signature: , City Administrator.
In those years in which three councilmen are to be elected, the ballot shall be headed:
“Candidates for election for councilmen of the City of Keyser at the general election,” and below the names of the candidates for councilmen shall be the direction “vote for three.”
Having cause said ballot to be printed, the City Administrator shall cause to be delivered at each polling place a number of said ballots equal to twice the number of votes cast in such polling precinct at the last general municipal election for Mayor.
All elections, of whatsoever kind, held under this Act, shall be conducted, returned and the result thereof ascertained and declared in the manner prescribed by the laws of the state relating to elections in so far as they are not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. (Amended 6-9-10.)