Ord 1867COUNCIL BILL N0. 790
ORDINANCE N0. 1867
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING NOMINATION PROCEDURES FOR THE OFFICES OF MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCILOR AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Section 29 of the existing Woodburn City Charter provides
that nomination of a candidate for an elective office shall be in a manner
prescribed by ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the former Woodburn City Charter prescribed said nomination
procedures, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Eligibility. Any person who is eligible pursuant to
Section 12 of the Woodburn City Charter may be nominated for an elective City
position.
Section 2, Nomination Procedure. Nomination shall be by petition
specifying the position sought and signed by the requisite number of electors
as-- that term is defined by Section 2 of the Oregon Constitution. Such petition
shall be signed by not fewer than twenty (20) electors. No elector shall sign
more than one such petition for the same. off ice. If an elector signs more than
one petition for the same office the signature of the elector shall be valid
only on the first petition filed. The signatures of a nomination petition need
not all be appended to one paper. However, an affidavit of the circulator of
the petition shall be attached to each separate paper of the petition indicat-
ing the number of signers of the paper and stating that each signature appended
thereto was made in his presence and is the genuine signature of the person whoes
name is purports to be. The sign;er's place of residence, identified by its
street and number or other sufficient description shall accompany each signature.
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Section 3. Filing. All nomination papers shall be assembled and
filed with the City Recorder as one instrument not earlier than 250 nor later
than 70 days before the election.
Section. 4. Duty of the City Recorder. The City Recorder shall make
a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed and shall take and
preserve the name and address of the person who filed the petiton. Each petition
shall be accompanied by the acceptance of the nominee which ,shall be endorsed
upon the petition and signed by the nominee. If the petition is not signed by
the required number of qualified electors, or does not contain the endorsed
acceptance of the nominee, the Recorder shall notify the nominee and the person
who filed the petition within five (5) days after the filing. If the petition
is insufficient in any other particular, the Recorder shall return it immediately
to the person who filed it, certifying in writing wherein the petition was
insufficient. Such deficient petition may be amended and filed again as a new
petition, or a different petition for the same candidate may be filed within
the regular time for filing nomination petitions. Upon determination that the
petition is in all respects sufficient, the Recorder shall cause the nominee's
name to be printed on the ballots. The nomination petition for a successful
candidate at an election shall preserved in the off ice of the Recorder until
the term of off ice for which the candidate is elected expires,
Section 5. This ordinance being necessary for the preservation of
the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist and
this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage by the Council and
approval by the Mayor.
A roved as to form: ~i~
PP
City Attorney
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Date
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WILLIAM J. C INE, Mayor
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Passed by the Council
Submitted to the Mayor
Approved by the Mayor
Filed in the Office of the Recorder
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BARNEY 0, BURRIS, Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
Apri 1 23, 1984
Apri 1 24 , 1984
April 24, 1984
April 24, 1984
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