Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/20/2021 - Special

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Section 4.1 - Option 1 To eliminate primaries except for general elections and vacancy special elections held on the date of the general election Sec. 4.1. - The regular municipal election. A regular municipal election shall be held on -the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even -numbered year, cornrnencing in 1984, at such places as the city council shall designate. At least 15 days prior notice shall be given by the city by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the city stating the . Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Elected and qualified officers provided for by this Charter shall -assume the duties of office to which they were elected on the first business day in January following such election. 4.1.1 Primary elections. A municipal primary for the purpose of nominating elective officers to the regular municipal election shall be held on the date of the state primary in the year of each regular municipal election. If a special election for an elective office is held on the same day as a regular municipal election, a municipal primary shall be held pursuant to this section for the purpose of nominating elective officers to that special election. No other municipal primaries shall be required. Primary elections shall be held on the same date as prescribed by the Minnesota Statute, which establishes the statewide primary election date. The municipal primary election shall be for the selection of two nominees for each elective office for which a municipal primary is required hereunder. However, if at elective office.not more than twice the number of individuals to be elected to an office file for nomination for the office, that office shall not be subject to the municipal primary required herein and the individuals who filed for nomination shall instead be placed on the regular municipal or special election ballot as the nominees for that office.