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2.08.080 Candidacy by Certification as Write-in.

City Code Section

(Amended by Ordinance 191973, effective January 1, 2025.)

By no later than seven calendar days before the date of an election, an eligible elector wishing to run as a write-in candidate in that election must submit to the City Elections Officer, on a form provided by the City Elections Officer, a certification that the potential candidate meets the necessary qualifications for the City office and will serve if elected. No later than four calendar days before the date of an election, the City will provide the county elections officer or officers with a list of any write-in candidates that the City determines meet the qualifications for a contest, and individual write-in votes may be counted only for write-in candidates on that list.

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