HomeMy WebLinkAbout024 - 03/17/1998 - AMENDING THE CITY CODE RELATING TO CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE ORDINANCE NO. 24, 1998
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 7
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE
WHEREAS,on April 8, 1997,the electorate of the City approved certain amendments to the
City Charter; and
WHEREAS, one such amendment was an amendment to ArticleVIII, Section 3 of the City
Charter, which provided that the Council shall set by ordinance the timeframe for circulation and
submittal of nominating petitions and the deadline for withdrawal from candidacy for municipal
office; and
WHEREAS,the City Council believes that the timeframe to begin circulation of nominating
petitions should be set at sixty (60) days prior to the date of said election and the deadline for
submittal of such nominating petitions should be set at forty (40) days prior to the date of said
election; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that the deadline for withdrawal from candidacy for
municipal office should be set at thirty (30) days prior to the date of said election; and
WHEREAS, said periods of time and deadlines would provide the City Clerk with an
adequate opportunity to prepare the ballot for the ensuing election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that a new Section 7-116 shall be adopted as follows, and the existing Section 7-116 of
the Code of the City of Fort Collins renumbered accordingly:
Sec. 7-116. Nomination of candidates; withdrawal from candidacy.
A nominating petition required pursuant to Article VIII of the Charter may
not be circulated earlier than sixty (60) days before the election and must be
filed with the City Clerk not later than forty (40) days before the election. A
person who has been nominated may, not later than thirty (30) days before the
election,withdraw by filing with the City Clerk a request therefor in writing,
and no name so withdrawn shall be placed upon the ballot.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published t�Ord day of
March, A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage orj.th6l-7th�lay of March, A.D. 1998.
-��blayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of March, A,kr. 1998.
Mayor /
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ATTEST:
City Clerk