95-07 CHARTER AMEND Move Date for Primary Elections

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PLEASE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE N0. PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE 11/19/07 PLACED ON 2ND READING 12/3/07. ORDINANCE N0. 95-07 BY: Antoniq, Bullock, Butler, Dever, Madigan, Powers, Summers. AN ORDINANCE, providing for the submission to the electors of the City of Lakewood, an amendment to Article XIX. Section 2. Primary Elections of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, to move the date for primary elections to be held in the City of Lakewood to the second Tuesday in September prior to each general municipal election. WHEREAS, conducting elections that are not regularly scheduled by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is costly; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of this body to be prudent trustees of the public finances; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the municipality, and democracy in general, to encourage participation; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood and the Constitution of the State of Ohio, Council has determined to authorize and direct the submission to the electors of the City of Lakewood of the proposed change in the date on which primary elections shall be held within the City of Lakewood, at the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, which election is not less than 60 nor more than 120 days from the effective date of this Ordinance. Now, therefore BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO; TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CONCURRING: Section 1. That this Council hereby determines to authorize and direct the submission to the electors of the City of Lakewood at the general election to be held at the usual places of voting in the City on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, the proposed amendment to Article XIX, Section 2, Primary Elections that will move the date that primary elections are held in the City of Lakewood to the second Tuesday in September prior to each general municipal election. Section 2. That Article XIX, Section 2, Primary Elections of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE XIX. ELECTIONS Section 2. PRIMARY ELECTIONS On the second Tuesday in September prior to each general municipal election, primary elections shall be held for the purpose of nominating persons, without regard to political parties, for election to offices provided for by this Charter to be voted for at the next succeeding regular municipal election. The number of candidates for the office of Mayor and the four Ward Councilmen at any regular election in the City shall be the two (2) persons on the primary election ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election. The number of candidates for the office of Council-at-Large at any regular municipal election in the City shall be the six (6) candidates on the primary ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election. In case there shall not be more than two persons who shall have filed petitions for the office of Mayor or the four Ward Councilmen as provided for in this Charter, then said persons shall be the candidates at the regular