CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. __41_

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 25-2108a RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

Section 1.  The City of Lawrence, Kansas by virtue of the powers vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas hereby elects to and does exempt itself a make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 25-2108a which applies to this city, but is part of an enactment which does not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2.  There shall be a primary election of city officers on the Tuesday preceding by five weeks the first Tuesday in April of every year that such city has a city election, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.

Section 3. No primary election of city officers shall be held unless by holding such primary one (1) or more persons will be eliminated as candidates for office.  In the event there are not more than two (2) candidates for any one office, the names of the candidates for such office shall not appear on the primary election ballots, and there shall be no primary election for such office, but the names of such candidates shall be placed on the general city election ballot. 

Section 4.  This charter ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper.

Section 5.  This charter ordinance shall take effect 61 days after final publication, unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed and a referendum held on the ordinance as provided in Article 12, Section 5, Subsection (c)(3) of the Constitution of Kansas, in which case the ordinance shall become effective if approved by the majority of the electors voting thereon.

Passed by the Governing Body, not less than two-thirds of the members-elect voting in favor thereof, the ____ day of ______________, 2010.

                                                                        Mike Amyx, Mayor                                                                                                    

Attest:  _______________

            City Clerk

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