Except as otherwise herein provided respecting the first officers to be elected under this Charter, primary elections shall be held at the voting places in each of the election districts of the City for the purpose of nominating candidates for the ensuing general Municipal election and of electing members of political party Municipal executive committees, on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in October in the year 1973 and in each fourth year thereafter.
In the year two thousand and eight and each fourth year thereafter the primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in May.
Any eligible person desiring such nomination for any Municipal elective office (or election to the office of member of any political party executive committee) shall file with the City Clerk a certificate declaring himself to be a candidate for the nomination for such office (or election as member of a party executive committee), which certificate must be received by the Clerk as set forth and prescribed by State Law (W. Va. Code Chapter 3-5-7), and which certificate shall be in form or effect as follows:
CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY I, hereby certify that I am a candidate for (the nomination for) (election to) the office of to represent the party, and desire my name printed on the official ballot of said party to be voted at the primary election to be held on the day of , 20 ; that I am a legally qualified voter of The City of Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia; that my residence is in said City; that I am eligible to hold the said office; that I am a member of and affiliated with said political party; and that I am a candidate for said office in good faith. Candidate Signed and acknowledged before me this day of , 20 Notary Public in and for Wood County, West Virginia
(or some other officer qualified to administer oaths) |
In order to achieve the transition from odd numbered to even numbered year elections as provided in this section as hereby amended, the terms of the Mayor-elect, Councilmen-elect and the Municipal executive committee members-elect, whose terms of office are to commence in January 2006, and were to expire in January 2010, shall be reduced by one (1) year thereby ending on the first Monday of January 2009, that being a term of three (3) years. All subsequent terms of office for Mayor, Councilman and Municipal executive committee member shall be four (4) years as set for in Section 7.100 of this Charter.
(Amended 11-8-05.)