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14-43-312. Council members in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000.
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14-43-312. Council members in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000.
(a)(1) On the Tuesday following the first Monday in November 1966 and every two (2) years thereafter, the qualified voters of all cities of the first class having the mayor-council form of government with fewer than fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants shall elect two (2) council members from each ward for a term of two (2) years, except that by ordinance any city of the first class may refer the question to voters to elect two (2) council members from each ward to four-year terms as more particularly set out in subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(2)(A) On or before February 1 of the election year when the procedure will go into effect, any city of the first class, by ordinance referred to and approved by the voters at the previous general election or at a special election called for that purpose, may elect two (2) council members from each ward to four-year terms, except for the initial terms as provided in subdivision (a)(2)(B) of this section.
(B)(i) If this procedure is adopted by ordinance referred to and approved by the voters of the city, the council member representing position number one from each ward shall be elected to a four-year term at the next general election.
(ii) The council member representing position number two from each ward shall be elected to an initial two-year term at the next election, and thereafter shall be elected to four-year terms, resulting in staggered terms with one (1) council member being elected to a four-year term from each ward every two (2) years.
(b)(1) The council members shall be designated as “council member number one” and “council member number two”.
(2)(A) A candidate for the office of council member shall designate the number of the c
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-43-312
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14-43-312. Council members in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000.
(a)(1) On the Tuesday following the first Monday in November 1966 and every two (2) years thereafter, the qualified voters of all cities of the first class having the mayor-council form of government with fewer than fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants shall elect two (2) council members from each ward for a term of two (2) years, except that by ordinance any city of the first class may refer the question to voters to elect two (2) council members from each ward to four-year terms as more particularly set out in subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(2)(A) On or before February 1 of the election year when the procedure will go into effect, any city of the first class, by ordinance referred to and approved by the voters at the previous general election or at a special election called for that purpose, may elect two (2) council members from each ward to four-year terms, except for the initial terms as provided in subdivision (a)(2)(B) of this section.
(B)(i) If this procedure is adopted by ordinance referred to and approved by the voters of the city, the council member representing position number one from each ward shall be elected to a four-year term at the next general election.
(ii) The council member representing position number two from each ward shall be elected to an initial two-year term at the next election, and thereafter shall be elected to four-year terms, resulting in staggered terms with one (1) council member being elected to a four-year term from each ward every two (2) years.
(b)(1) The council members shall be designated as “council member number one” and “council member number two”.
(2)(A) A candidate for the office of council member shall designate the number of the council member's office which the candidate is seeking on the petition filed under § 14-42-206.
(B) When this designation has been made, the candidate shall not be permitted thereafter to change the designation on that petition.
(C) The county clerk shall not accept a petition for filing that does not designate the number of the office for council member sought.
(D) Each city shall maintain in its records a document showing the name of each council member and the number of the office which the candidate holds.
(c)(1)(A) The city council may refer an ordinance to voters on the question of returning a city to electing council members to two-year terms.
(B) The ordinance shall be passed by a two-thirds vote of the city council before it is referred to and approved by voters at a general election.
(2) If the voters approve returning the city to electing council members to two-year terms, all council members shall be elected to two-year terms at the next general election and thereafter, except that those council members serving four-year terms shall complete their terms.
(3) The city council may not refer another question to voters on electing council members to four-year terms or on returning the city to electing council members to two-year terms unless at least four (4) years have passed since the last election on changing the terms of council members.
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14-42-206. Municipal elections — Nominating petitions.
(a)(1) The city or town council of any city or town with the mayor-council form of government, may request the county party committees of recognized political parties under the laws of the state to conduct party primaries for municipal offices for the forthcoming year by resolution passed:
(A) Before January 1 of the year of the election, if the election will occur in a year in which the preferential primary election is held in May under § 7-7-203; and
(B) No less than sixty (60) days before the party filing period begins under § 7-7-203, if the election will occur in a year in which the preferential primary election is held in March under § 7-7-203.
(2) The resolution shall remain in effect for the subsequent elections unless revoked by the city or town council.
(3) When the resolution has been adopted, the clerk or recorder shall mail a certified copy of the resolution to the chairs of the county party committees and to the chairs of the state party committees.
(4) Candidates nominated for municipal office by political primaries under this section shall be certified by the county party committees to the county board of election commissioners and shall be placed on the ballot at the general election.
(b)(1) Any person desiring to become an independent candidate for municipal office in cities and towns with the mayor-council form of government shall file during a one-week period ending at 12:00 noon ninety (90) days before the general election with the county clerk the petition of nomination in substantially the following forms:
(A) For all candidates except council members in cities of the first class and cities of the second class:
“PETITION OF NOMINATION
We, the undersigned qualified electors of
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-42-206
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-42-206. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.