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Charter Proposed Changes to Chapter 4 —Clean Copy/Changes Accepted <br />Sec. 4.1— The regular municipal election. <br />A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in <br />November of each even -numbered year, at such places as the city council shall designate. At <br />least 15 days prior notice shall be given by the city clerk by posting a notice thereof in the city <br />clerk's office, on the city website and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official <br />newspaper of the city stating the time and the places of holding such election and of the officers <br />to be elected. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Elected and qualified <br />officers provided for by this Charter shall assume the duties of office to which they were elected <br />on the first Monday in January following such election. <br />4.1.1 Primary elections. The regular primary elections shall be held on the same date as <br />prescribed by Minnesota Election Law, which establishes the statewide primary <br />election date. The primary election shall be for the selection of two nominees for each <br />elective office at the regular municipal election. If two candidates or fewer file for any <br />elective office, that office shall not appear on the primary ballot and the candidates <br />shall appear on the municipal general election ballot as the nominees for that office. <br />Sec. 4.2 — Filing for office. <br />All persons who shall desire to be elected to any elected office shall file an affidavit not <br />more than 84 days nor less than 70 days before the primary election with the city clerk, paying a <br />filing fee to the city clerk in an amount as set by ordinance or filing a nominating petition. The <br />clerk shall also accept an application for candidacy as authorized by state law. <br />The city clerk shall prepare and have printed at the expense of the city the necessary ballots <br />or other required material for such election. <br />The ballots or other material shall contain no political party designation of any candidate <br />and the names of the candidates for each office shall be rotated in the manner provided by state <br />law. Consistent with state law, the ballots or the results shall be counted and preserved and the <br />city clerk shall be the final custodian of such ballots or returns for the city. <br />A sample ballot or a facsimile representation of the ballot shall be posted in the city clerk's <br />office and published in the official newspaper of the city at least two weeks before such election <br />by the city clerk, whose duty it is to preserve such sample ballots. <br />Sec. 4.4 — Special and advisory elections except for elected office. <br />The council may_, by resolution order any special or advisory election deemed appropriate <br />by the council, for any reason, and provide all means for holding it, except that any election so <br />ordered shall only be held on the same date as a regular municipal election. This section does not <br />apply to special elections to fill vacancies in municipal offices. <br />Sec. 4.5 — Vacancy of municipal elected office. <br />4.5.1 In the event that a vacancy in an elected office of the city occurs with 365 days or more <br />remaining in the term of the vacated office, a special election shall occur on the date <br />established by the City Council per Minn Stat. §205. 10, as the same may be revised, <br />