78.280. 1. Nominations hereunder shall be made without the intervention of a primary election by filing with the clerk a statement of candidacy accompanied by a petition signed by voters of the city, equal in number to at least ten percent of the entire vote for all candidates for the office of mayor at the last preceding municipal election.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Election for the balance or the unexpired term of ........
as ........ for ........
Vote for one only.
Names of candidates.
(RSMo 1939 § 7074, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)Prior revisions: 1929 § 6924; 1919 § 8391
Missouri General Assembly