HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance NO. 462 Amending Ch. 2 Article 1 Municipal Elections TOWN OF FRASER
ORDINANCE NO. 462
SERIES OF 2018
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 1 OF THE FRASER MUNICIPAL
CODE REGARDING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, the Colorado State Statues have been revised and the current town code
requires amending accordingly.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN OF FRASER, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
PART 1: AMENDMENT OF MUNICIPAL CODE
Chapter 2 (Administration), Article 1 (Elections) of the Fraser Municipal Code (herein
sometimes referred to as the "Municipal Code") is hereby amended as follows [Note:
additions are shown in bold underlined print; deletions are shown as
print]:
ARTICLE 1 - Elections
Sec. 2-1-10. - Write-in candidate affidavit.
No write-in vote for any municipal office shall be counted unless an affidavit of
intent has been filed with the Town Clerk by the person whose name is written in
prior to twenty (20) sixty-four (64) days before the day of the election, indicating
that such person desires the office and is qualified to assume the duties of that
office if elected.
Sec. 2-1-20. - Cancellation of election.
(a) If the only matter before the voters is the election of persons to office and if,
at the close of business on the nineteenth sixty-fourth day before the
election, there are not more candidates than offices to be filled at such
election, including candidates filing affidavits of intent, the Town Clerk, if
instructed by resolution of the Board of Trustees either before or after such
date, shall cancel the election and by resolution declare the candidates
elected. Upon such declaration, the candidates shall be deemed elected.
(b) Notice of such cancellation shall be published, if possible, in order to inform
the electors of the Town, and notice of such cancellation shall be posted at
each polling place and in not less than one (1) other public place.
PART 2: REPEAL. Any and all existing ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of
Fraser covering the same matters as embraced in this Ordinance are hereby repealed
and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall not affect or
prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in
violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this Ordinance.
PART 3: SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The
Town of Fraser hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each
section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases thereof be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
PART 4: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)days after
passage, adoption and publication thereof as provided by law.
PART 5: PUBLICATION. This Ordinance shall be published by title only.
READ, PASSED, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND SIGNED THIS 7 DAY OF h 4- , 2018.
Votes in favor: 7 BOARD OF TRUSTEE OF THE,
Votes opposed: 0 T: ► OF — A ' R, ILORAP,a
Votes abstained: () /
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Published in the Middle Park Times on A0ve.4,3car IS 2018.
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