Any person who is a resident of the city and who is otherwise eligible to hold the office of mayor, recorder, councilman, chief of police and/or street commissioner and who seeks to be elected to any such office during the municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday in May in the year 1983, and biennially thereafter, shall, if such person desires his or her name to appear on the ballot, file a certificate of announcement with the recorder of said city declaring himself or herself a candidate for election to such office. Such certificate shall be substantially in the form:
“I, , hereby certify that I am a candidate for the office of , and desire my name printed on the ballot to be voted at the regular municipal election to be held on the day of , 20 ; that I am a qualified voter of the City of New Martinsville; that the address of my residence in the City of New Martinsville is ; that I am eligible to hold the office; and that I am a candidate therefor in good faith. Candidate “Signed and acknowledged before me this day of , 20 . Signature and Official Title of Certifying Officer” |
Such announcement shall be signed and acknowledged by the candidate before some officer qualified to administer oaths, who shall certify the same.
In the year One Thousand, Nine Hundred Eighty-three, and biennially thereafter, such certificate shall be filed with the recorder not earlier than the second Monday in January next preceding the regular municipal election and not later than the last Saturday in January next preceding the regular municipal election and must be received by the recorder before midnight, eastern standard time, of that day, or, if mailed, shall be postmarked before that hour.
(6-9-81; 1-9-90)
(6-9-81; 1-9-90)