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MUNICIPAL ELECTION PROCEDURES
Sections:
2.53.010 Regulating write-in candidate votes.
2.53.020 Provision for cancellation of elections.
2.53.030 Municipal Election Campaign Financing.
2.53.010 Regulating write-in candidate votes.
No write-in vote for any municipal office shall be counted unless an affidavit
of intent has been filed with the clerk by the person whose name is written
in prior to twenty 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. (Ord. O-91-44 § 2, 1991).
2.53.020 Provision for cancellation of elections.
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 clerk, if instructed by resolution
of the governing body 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. Notice of such cancellation shall be published,
if possible, in order to inform the electors of the municipality, and notice
of such cancellation shall be posted at each polling place and in not less than
one other public place. (Ord. O-91-44 § 3, 1991).
2.53.30 Municipal Election Campaign Financing.
A. The City of Lakewood shall follow the provisions of the Colorado Constitution and the Colorado Revised Statutes in all matters relating to campaign financing.
B. There shall be no limitations of either the amount or the source of campaign contributions to a candidate in a municipal election in the City of Lakewood.
C. Candidates and elected officials who are late in filing with the City Clerk the Report of Contributions and Expenditures mandated by C.R.S. 1-45-101, et seq., shall pay a $50.00 late fee for each day any such report is not properly filed with the City Clerk. (Ord. O-2009-21 § 1, 2009).
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