Ord 491-43ORDINANCE NO.~~_~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TEE CITY OF DELRAY
FLORIDA, C~T.?.ING FOR A PRIMARY W~.ECTION TO NOMI~ CANDIDATES
FOR TMI~. OFFICE OF CITY COUNCILMAN IN GROUPS A, B AND C, PROVID-
ING HOW CANOIDATES THEREIN SHALL QUALIFY FOR SUCH PRIMARY
~.ECTION, AND APPOINTING A CLW. RK AND INSPECT~S TO HOLD SAID.
ELECTION.
WHEREAS The City Charter of the City of Delray Beach
provides that a primary election may be held in said City not
more than thirty days nor less than ten days prior to the date
of the general city election, and it is provided by the charter
of the City of Delray Beach that the City Council shall pre-
scribe by ordinance the method and manner of holding all elections
in said city, and shall provide when and how special elections
shall be called and held which are not provided by the terms of
the City Charter, and
WHEREAS a group of electors have petitioned the City
Council to pass an ordinance calling for a prim~wy election
within the time specified by the charter and to provide the
method and manner of holding the same, now,
~ORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the
City of Delray Beach, as follows:
1st. That a primary election to nominate candidates for
the office of City Councilman in groups A, B and C is hereby called
pursuant to the request of a group of electors, and the date for
holding of such election is hereby designated and set as Tuesday,
November 23, A. D. 1953. Such primary election shall be held at
such place in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, as may be
designated by the proclamation of the Mayor, calling said election,
on the date specified between the hours of 8 A. M. and 6 P. M.,
Eastern War Time.
2nd. Ail qualified electors of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, shall be qualified to vote in said election.
3rd. In order to qualify as & candidate in said primary
election, the candidate must file With the City Clerk of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, on or before Tuesday, November 2,
1953, a statement in writing under oath that such candidate
is a qualified elector of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is
the owner of improved real estate within the limits of Delray
Beach, Florida, and has owned the same for one year prior to the
date of announcing his candidacy for the office of City Council-
man, that the instrument by which title to such real estate is
held has been of record in the Office of the Clerk of th~ Circuit
Court of Palm Beach County, Florida, for one year prior to his
announcing his oand/daoy for the office of City Councilman and
that he has paid city taxes on improved real estate within the
city limits of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, for the year
1952. The candidate must also at such time exhibit to the City
Clerk either the original deed or other instrument by which he
clatm-~ title to real property or a certified copy of the record
of the same. The City Council shall at its regular meeting on
November 15, 1953, pass upon the qualifications of the candidates
for the office of City Councilman.
The candidate shall designate in his statement in writing
under oath in which group he will run. Ee shall also pay to the
City of Delray Beach a fee of $10.00, which sum shall be paid
at the time of filing said statement. When this statement has
been filed and the said sum of $10.00 has been paid and the
Council has found the candidate qualified under the charter of
the City of Delray Beach, the candidate shall then be entitled
to have his name printed on the ballot in the group designated.
5th. The official ballot for said election shall be
substantially in the following form:
OFFICIAL
Primary ~.lection
City of Delray Beach, Florida
November 23, 1953
Make a Cross (X] Mark before the name of the Candidate of
your choice
Elections are for a term of two years
FOR COUNC]~t GROUP A
(Vote for one]
FOR OOUNO~ GROUP B
(Vote for one)
FOR COUNCILMAN GROUP C
(Vet e for one)
5th. The City Council hereby appoints Woooso,, w,..,, ~
as Clerk, and u.s. [LL£# LAItl~V ., _ MI_ /~_W, MJva~mev. , .... i
~,,. R.F. ~u,nv , as inspectors of said election,
L.F. RANSOM APPOINTED AS SUSSTITUTE
6th. This election shall be conducted substantially on
the principles adopted for state elections insofar as the same
do not conflict with the charter of the City of Delray Beach,
and shall be conducted substantially in the same manner as
general elections in said city. If a candidate in any group
receives a majority of the votes cast for councilm_~_n in that
group, he shall be declared the nominee for such group and shall
be entitled to have his name placed on the general election
ballot. If, however, no candidate in said group receives a
majority of the votes cast in that group, then the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes and the candidate receiv-
ing the next highest number of votes in said group shall he entitled
to have their m_~_mes placed on the general election ballot.
?th. The result of the voting in said primary election,
when ascertained, shall be certified by return in duplicate,
signed by the clerk and the majority of the inspectors of said
election, one copy to be delivered to the Mayor and the other
to the City Clerk, both of whom shall transmit such returns to
the City Council at a called meeting to be held not later than
three days after such election. At such meeting the City Council
shall canvass the returns, and in the absence of a declaration of
a contest by any of the candidates in such election, shall declare
the result of the election by the returns made by the clerk and
inspectors for said election.
8th. The Mayor of the City of Delray Beach is hereby re-
quested to call this prinmry election by proclamation published
in a newspaper o~ general circulation published in the City of
Delray Beach, for two consecutive weeks prior to such election.
PASSED in regular session on second and final reading on
this the 2?th day of September, A. D. 1943.
Attest:
Approved: