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• <br />• <br />-228- <br />EXHIBIT B <br />PRIMARY ELECTIONS <br />4.1.1. Primary Elections. On the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September <br />in advance of the regular municipal election there shall be a primary election for the <br />selection of two nominees for each elective office at the regular municipal election, <br />unless two nominees or fewer file for each elective office. <br />Section 4.2. Filing for Office. All persons who shall desire to be elected to any elected office <br />shall file an affidavit not more than ten weeks nor less than eight weeks before the primary <br />election with the city clerk, paying a filing fee to the city clerk in an amount as set by ordinance. <br />The city clerk shall prepare and have printed at the expense of the city the necessary ballots or <br />other required material for such election. <br />The ballots or other material shall contain no politcal party designation of any candidate and the <br />names of the candidates for each office may be arranged on the ballot alphabetically according to <br />the surname of each candidate. <br />The ballots or the results shall be counted and preserved and the city clerk shall be the final <br />custodian of such ballots or returns for the city. <br />A sample ballot or a facsimile representation of the ballot shall be posted at the place of election <br />at least one week before such election by the city clerk, whose duty it is to preserve such sample <br />ballots. <br />S: \Ramsey Civil \Charter \Ward System \Amendment to Section 4.1.1.doc <br />