A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF PARK CITY, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 25-2108a RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF PARK CITY, KANSAS:

Section 1.  The City of Park City, Kansas, by virtue of the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas hereby elects to and does exempt itself a make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 25-2108a which applies to this city, but is part of an enactment which does not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2.  There shall be a primary election of city officers on the Tuesday preceding by five weeks the first Tuesday in April of every year that such city has a city election, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.

Section 3.  No primary election of city officers shall be held unless by holding such primary one (1) or more persons will be eliminated as candidates for office.  In the event there are not more than two (2) candidates for any one office, the names of the candidates for such office shall not appear on the primary election ballots, and there shall be no primary election for such office, but the names of such candidates shall be placed on the general city election ballot.  Where primary elections are necessary to eliminate one (1) or more persons as candidates for office, the names of the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the primary election shall be placed on the general city election ballot.

(06-22-2010)