ORD 54-30 MUNICIPAL ELECTION ORDII~ANCE NO. 30
~ ORDI~IANCE pertaining to Municipal Election.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Winslow, Washington:
Section l: That a Town election for the Town of Winslow shall be
held on the second Tuesday of March, 1954.
Section 2: That said election shall be open to voters from eight
olclock in the morning until. eight olclock in the evening.
Section 3: Said election shall be held at the Town Hall in Winslow,
W~ashlngton.
Section 4: The Board of Election shall consist of one inspector and
two judges and shall be appointed by the Town Council at its first regular meet-
i~ in February, 1954.
Section 5: All elective candidates for municipal office for the Town
of Winslow, Washington shall be first nominated by caucus as hereinafter pro-
vi de d.
Section 6: A caucus shall consist of an organized group of qualified
electors of the Town of Winslow, Washington, not less than 25 in number, espous-
in~ a political party or principle.
Section 7: Such political party or principle as referred to in Section
shall be expressed in not over five words in length.
Section 8: Notice of the r~eeting of any caucus at which candidates
of any election shall be chosen shall be given by the presiding officer of such
caucus to the Town Clerk, who will publish the same as by law provided, at least
ten days prior to the date fixed for the holding of such caucus. Notice shall
contain the time and place designated by such presiding officer. The caucuses
provided for in this Ordinance must be held on or before January 15, 1954.
Section 9: The ns~nes of the candidates nominated at such meeting of
a caucus shall be duly certified by the presiding officer thereof to the Town
Clerk ~ithin five days following the holding of such caucus, and said certificate
sh~ll contain the name of the candidate, his residence address, his business,
the office for which he is nominated. and shall be signed by not less than 25
voters residing in the Town of Winslow. No person shall participate in more
than one cs. ucus or join the $omination of more than one person for eech office
to be filled.
Section lO~. The names of the candidates so certified shall be
printed on the ballot under the ~mes of the political party or principle so
nominating them.
Section ll: The laws of the State of Washington shall govern in all
cases wherein this Ordinance has not provided.
Section 12: This Ordinance shall become effective when it shall have
been passed by the Town Council and signed by the ~vor.
PASSE by the Town Council of the Town of Winslow, Washington, and
ap~roved by its P~yor this let day of December, 1953.
Attest:
Clerk