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VERSION 2 <br /> <br />RES 2006 - 8 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br /> The matter of determining the order in which City Council candidates’ names shall <br /> appear on the ballot was considered. <br /> <br /> After a review and general discussion of the matter, Councilmember ______________ <br /> offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. <br /> <br /> BE IT RESOLVED: That the Council of the City of University City, Missouri finds and <br /> declares as follows: <br /> <br /> 1. Section 115.124.2 RSMo provides that in any nonpartisan election where a <br /> city is responsible for the oversight of the filing of candidates, the city <br /> shall clearly designate where candidates shall form a line to effectuate <br /> such filings and determine the order of the filings; except that, in the case <br /> of the candidates who file a declaration of candidacy with the city prior to <br /> 5:00 p.m. on the first day for filing, the city may determine by random <br /> drawing the order in which the candidates’ names shall appear on the <br /> ballot. Said statute further provides that if a drawing is conducted: it shall <br /> be conducted so that each candidate may draw a number at random at the <br /> time of filing; the city shall record the number drawn with the candidate’s <br /> declaration of candidacy; and the names of candidates filing on the first <br /> day of filing for each office on each ballot shall be listed in ascending <br /> order of the numbers so drawn. <br /> <br /> 2. Under University City Charter Section 68, a declaration of candidacy shall <br /> be made by filing a nominating petition and a signed acceptance of the <br /> nomination with the City Clerk. Within ten days after the filing of a <br /> nominating petition, the City Clerk must notify the candidate whether or <br /> not the petition is sufficient. If the petition is found insufficient, the City <br /> Clerk must return it immediately to the person who filed it with a statement <br /> certifying wherein the petition is found insufficient. Within the regular time <br /> for filing petitions a new or supplemental petition may be filed for the same <br /> candidate. <br /> <br /> 3. The City of University City, Missouri shall determine by random drawing <br /> the order in which the City Council candidates’ names shall appear on the <br /> ballot, for candidates who file a declaration of candidacy with the City <br /> Clerk prior to 5:00 p.m. on the first day for filing, as provided in Section <br /> 115.124.2 RSMo. <br /> <br /> 4. Each candidate who files a declaration of candidacy with the City Clerk <br /> prior to 5:00 p.m. on the first day of filing may draw a number at random <br /> at the time of filing from a container within the possession and control of <br /> the City Clerk. The container shall initially have at least ten numbers per <br /> <br />