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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 376.4, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 An eligible elector of a city may become a candidate for an 1 4 elective city office by filing with the city clerk a valid 1 5 petition requesting that the elector's name be placed on the 1 6 ballot for that office. The petition must be filed not more 1 7 than seventy-one daysnorand not less than forty-seven days 1 8 before the date of the election, and must be signed by 1 9 eligible electors equal in number to at least two percent of 1 10 those who voted to fill the same office at the last regular 1 11 city election, but not less than ten persons. However, for 1 12 those cities which may be required to hold a primary election, 1 13 the petition must be filed not more than eighty-five days and 1 14 not less than sixty-eight days before the date of the regular 1 15 city election. A person may sign nomination petitions for 1 16 more than one candidate for the same office, and the signature 1 17 is not invalid solely because the person signed nomination 1 18 petitions for one or more other candidates for the office. 1 19 Nomination petitions shall be filed not later than five 1 20 o'clock p.m. on the last day for filing. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill extends from 47 days to 68 days the candidate 1 23 filing deadline for candidates in city elections where the 1 24 city is required to hold a primary election. A city may 1 25 provide by ordinance to hold runoff elections or to allow 1 26 nominations of candidates in the same manner as nonpolitical 1 27 party organizations. In the absence of either ordinance, a 1 28 city is required to hold a primary election if the number of 1 29 candidates filing valid nomination petitions for an office is 1 30 at least twice the number of positions to be filled. 1 31 LSB 3633YH 76 1 32 sc/cf/24.1
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