ARTICLE 1. GOVERNING BODY

6-101. Election of governing body.

(a) Except as provided by this section, the election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.

(b) Regardless of the number of candidates who have filed for election for any city office, there shall be no necessity of a primary election, and every person who has filed for any city office shall be listed on the ballot and shall be voted on by the voters at the general election of city officers, to be held on the first Tuesday in April. The number of votes at such general election shall be declared the winner of said election.

(c) Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

(d) General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. A mayor and two council members shall be elected at one election, and the remaining three council members shall be elected at the succeeding election. The mayor and all council members shall have four year terms. The elections shall be non-partisan.

(C.O. No. 2; C.O. No. 13; Code 1974, 2.04.010; K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; Code 2014; C.O. No. 26)

6-102. Hours of voting.

At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer.

(Code 1974, 2.04.060; K.S.A. 25-2111; K.S.A. 26-206; Code 2014)

6-103. Commencement of terms of office; oath of office.

(a) The terms of officers elected shall commence on the second Monday in January following certification of the election.

(b) Every person elected or appointed to city office, before entering upon the duties of such office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as specified in K.S.A. 54-106, and amendments thereto, and every such oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk.

(K.S.A. 25-2120; Code 2014; K.S.A. 25-21a01; C.O. No. 26)

6-104. Candidacy.

Any person desiring to become a candidate for city office elected at large shall file with the county election officer, before the filing deadline, established in K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, a declaration of candidacy on a form furnished by the county election officer as specified by the secretary of state. The nomination petition must be signed by not less than three percent (3%) of the qualified electors of the City.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; C.O. No. 26)