(A) Pursuant to KRS 83A.050, election of city officers shall be under non-partisan city election laws and governed by the provisions of KRS 83A.045, 83A.170, 83A.175, and KRS Chapters 116 through 121.
(B) There shall be a non-partisan primary election for the nomination of candidates to city office in accordance with KRS 83A.170.
(C) All candidates must file their nomination papers with the County Clerk not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the ballot and not later than the last Tuesday in January before the day fixed by KRS Chapter 118 for holdings a regular election for the office in order to be entitled to appear on the ballot.
(D) All nomination papers shall be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. local time when filed on the last day on which such papers are permitted to be filed.
(E) The two applicants receiving the highest number of votes for nomination for each city office shall be nominated; or where the nominations are for city legislative body members there shall be nominated the number of applicants receiving the highest number of votes equal to twice the number of offices to be filled. A candidate who is defeated in the primary election. shall be ineligible as a candidate for the same office in the regular election.
(F) At the regular election the nominee or candidate receiving the greater number of votes cast for each city office shall be elected.
(G) All candidates shall be subject to all other applicable election laws pursuant to KRS 83A.050 and 83A.170 and Chapters 116 to 121.
(H) Vacancies in candidacies for city office shall be governed by KRS 83A.175.
(Ord. 04:2002, passed 4-8-02)
Cross-reference:
Non-elected offices, see Ch. 38