The non-partisan election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.
(Code 2005, 1-301; K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; K.S.A. 25-2113; Code 2020)
At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announces by the county election officer.
(K.S.A. 25-2111; K.S.A. 26-206; Code 2005, 1-302; Code 2020)
Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.
General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November of each odd year beginning in 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. The mayor shall have a four-year term with the current term scheduled to expire in April, 2017. Said current mayoral term will now expire the second Monday in January 2018 when the mayor elected in November of 2017 general election takes office. At succeeding regular city elections there shall be elected council members, whose position terms have expired, for four-year terms. Likewise, at regular succeeding city elections there shall be elected a mayor whose position has expired on a four-year cycle.
(K.S.A. Supp. 25-2101 et seq.; K.S.A. 25-21a01 et seq.; C.O. No. 17; Code 2020)
In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205 and K.S.A. 25-21a01 et seq., any person may become a candidate for city office by having had filed, on their behalf, either of the following:
(a) a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law; or
(b) a nomination petition. The nomination petition must be signed by 3 percent of the qualified electors of the city.
(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; C.O. No. 17; Code 2020)