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INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SOLANO
Council Bill No. 15 Ordinance No. 1000
Series of 1995
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT SECTION 7-40 OF
THE WHEAT RIDGE CITY CODE CONCERNING
WRITE-IN CANDIDATES AND CANCELLATION OF
ELECTIONS IN SPECIFIED CASES.
WHEREAS, a special election is scheduled within the City on
May 2, 1995; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered by Sections 31-10-306
and 31-10-507, C.R.S. to provide for write-in candidates and the
cancellation of election in specified cases;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 7-40 of the Wheat Ridge City Code is hereby
amended to read:
Sec. 7-40. Write-in candidate affidavit; cancelation of
election;
No write-in vote for any elected municipal office
shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent has been
filed with the city clerk by the person whose name is
written in prior to five (5) calendar dayo twenty (20)
days before the day of the election indicating that such
person desires the office and is qualified to assume the
duties of that office if elected. In any election, if the
only matter before the voters is the election of persons
to office and if, at the close of business on the
nineteenth day before the election, there are not more
candidates than offices to be filled at such election,
including candidates filing affidavits of intent, the
city clerk, if so instructed by the City Council, either
before or after such date, shall cancel the election and
by resolution declare the candidates elected. Upon such
declaration the candidates shall be deemed elected.
Section 2. Safetv Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under
the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is
promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public and
that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and
safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare.
The City Council further determines that the ordinance bears a
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The city Council further determines that the ordinance bears a
rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be
attained.
Section 3. Severabilitv. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or
part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances shall for any reason be judged by a court of
competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or its
application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage at second
reading.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6
to 1 on this 10th day of April , 1995, ordered
published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City
of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final
passage set for April 24 , 1995, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in
the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 8 to 0, this 24th day of Apri 1 , 1995.
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR this 25th day of April 1995.
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Dan Wilde, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY
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Gerald E. Dahl, City A torney
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1st Publication: Apri 1 13, 1995
2nd Publication: May 4, 1995
Jefferson Sentinel
Effective Date: Apri 1 24, 1995
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