ORD 55-43 MUNICIPAL ELECTION ORDINANCE I~0.43
iN ORDINAI~CE pertaining to },iunicipal Election.
BE IT ORDAI~ED 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 ;~arch, 1956.
Section 2: That said election shall be open to voters from eight
o'clock in the morning until eight olclock in the evening.
Section 3: Said election shall be held at the Town Hall in Winslow,
Washington.
Section 4: The Board of Election shall consist of one inspector and
two judges and shall be appointed bIJ the Town Council at its first regular meet-
ing in l~ebruary, 1956.
Section 5: All elective candidates for municipal office for the Town
of Winslow, Washington shall be first nominated by caucus as hereinafter pro-
vided.
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-
ing a political party or principle.
Section 7: Such political party or principle as referred to in Section
6 snail be expressed in not over five words in length.
Section 8: Notice of the meeting of any caucus at which candidates of
any election shall be chosen s~mll be ~iven by the presiding officer of such
caucus to the To%m 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 16, 1956.
Section 9: The names of the candidates nominated at such meeting of
a caucus shall be duly certified by the presidiD~ officer thereof to the Town
Clerk ~,ithin five days following the holding of such csucus, and said certificate
sh~ll contain the rmme 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. Eo person shall participate in more than
one caucus or join the nomination of more than one person for each o~fice to be
filled.
Section lO: The names of the candidates so certified shall be printed
on the ballot under the names of the political party or principle so nominating
them.
Section ll: The laws of the State of Washington shall govern in all
ca sea 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 Nayor.
PASSEDby the Town Council of the Town of Winslow, Washington, and
approved by its M~yor this ~'~ day of November, 1955.
Attest: