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373-40 AN ORDINANCE OF TEE CI~"~ COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DE?.RAY BEACH, FLORIDA, C~LT~ING FOR A PRIMARY ELECTION TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNC~N IN GROUPS D AND E, PROVIDING HOW CANDIDATES THEREIN SHALL QUALIFY FOR SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION, AND APPOINTING A CLERK AND INSPECTORS TO HOLD SAID ELECTION. ~EAS 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 elec- tions 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 primary election within the time specified by the charter and to provide the method and manner of holding the same, now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the Oity of Delray Beach as follows: 1st. That a primary election to nominate candidates for the office of City Councilmen in groups D and E is hereby called  'ti 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 1~, A. D. 19AC. Such primary ~tection shall be held at the Fireman's Hall in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, on the date specified between the hours of 8 A.M. and $ P.E., Eastern Standard Time. ! ~nd. All qualified electors of the Oity of Delray Beach, ~ Florida, shall be qualified to vote in said election. 3rd. In order to qualify as a candidate in said primary election, the candidate must file with the City Clerk of the Oity of Delray Beach, Florida, on or before Tuesday, October 29, ~"~ 19AO, a statement in writing under oath that such ~andidate is qualified under the charter of the City of Delray Beach to hold the office of Counci~m-n, and shall designate in said statement in which group he will rum. Such candidate shall also pay to the City of Delray Beach a fee of $10.00 which sum shall be paid at the time of filing the above described statement. When this statement has been filed and the said sum of $10.00 has been paid, the candidate shall then be entitled to have his name printed upon the primary election ballot in the group designated. 4th. The official ballot for said election shall be sub- stantially in the following form: OFFICIAL BALLOT Primary Electiom City of Delray Beach, Florida November 12, 19AO Make a Cross (x) Mark before the name of the Caudidate of your choice Elections are for a term of two years FOR COUNCILMAN CLASS D (Vote for one) ~0R COUNCILMAN CLASS E , (Vote for one) · §th. The City Council hereby appoints _. Ut). O-_ ~ ~ ~~ ~~, as inspectors of said election. 6th. This election shall be conducted substantially om 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. The candidate in each group who receives the highest number of votes shall be declared the nominee for such group and shall be entitled to have his name 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 Coun- cil shall canvass the returns, and in the absence of a declara- tion of a contest by any of the candidates in such election, shall declare the result of the election by the returns mede Dy · the clerk and inspectors for said election. · 8th. The Mayor of the City of Delray Beach is hereby re- quested to call this primary election by proclamation published in a newspaper of 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~d~: day of September, A. D. PreSident~ C~y CoUn~t'i ATTEST: APPROVED: