78.090. Candidates to be voted for at all general municipal elections at which a mayor and councilmen are to be elected under the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 shall be nominated by a primary election, and no other names shall be placed upon the general ballot except those selected in the manner herein prescribed. The primary election for such nomination shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February preceding the municipal election.
(RSMo 1939 § 7060, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)Prior revisions: 1929 § 6910; 1919 § 8377
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