Any individual who is eligible and desires to become a candidate for either the office of Mayor or Council Member shall file an affidavit for candidacy with the City Administrator. Filing for City primary shall be concurrent with the filing dates for state-elected offices. In addition, the City Administrator shall also accept an application signed by not less than five voters and filed on behalf of an eligible voter in the City whom they desire to be a candidate for a specified office, if service of a copy of the application has been made upon the candidate and proof of service is endorsed upon the application being filed. All affidavits of candidacy or applications must be filed not later than 5:00 o'clock P. M. on the day that filings close. Any candidate may withdraw from the election by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the City Administrator by 5:00 o'clock P. M. on the second day after the last day for filing affidavits of candidacy or applications.
(Source: Ordinance No. 315, Third Series; Effective Date: 9-28-10)
An affidavit of candidacy or application shall state the name of the office sought, shall state that the candidate is an eligible voter, has no other affidavit on file as a candidate for any office at the same primary or next ensuing general City election; is, or will be on assuming the office, twenty-one years of age, will have maintained residence in the City if seeking the office of Mayor or in the ward if seeking the office of Council Member, for thirty days before the general City election, and include a statement that the candidate's name, as written on the affidavit for candidacy or application is as the candidate's true name or the name by which the candidate is commonly and generally known in the community.
(Source: City Charter; Effective Date: 10-1-87)
The City primary election shall be held in conjunction with the State of Minnesota's primary election at such place or places as the Council may designate. The City Administrator shall place upon the City primary election ballot without party designation, the names of individuals whose candidacy has been filed. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for any single office shall be placed on the City general election ballot as nominees for that office. When no more than two individuals file for nomination for any single office, their name shall not be placed upon the City primary election ballot but shall be placed upon the City general election ballot as the nominees for that office.
(Source: Ordinance No. 313, Third Series; Effective Date: 6-7-10)
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