A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD, KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 25-2108, RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS WITHIN SAID CITY AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS THERETO.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD, KANSAS;

SECTION I. The city of Wakefield, Kansas, under authority of Article 12, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby exempts itself from, and makes inapplicable to it; the provisions of K.S.A. 25-2108, which applies to the said City but the provisions of which do not apply uniformly to all cities, and providing substitute and additional provisions on the same subject, as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2. Regardless of the number of candidates who have filed for election for any city office there shall be no necessity of a primary election, and every person who has filed for any city office shall be listed on the ballot, and be voted upon by the voters at the general election of city officers, to be held on the first Tuesday in April. The person from among the candidates who receives the largest number of votes at such general election shall be declared the winner in said election.

(2007-02-05)