The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-02-11


and being the official paper of said
city, in three consecutive weekly is
sues thereof, prior to the said regu-
lar city election to be held on Monday
the fifth day of April, 1920.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the electors at the regular
city election to be held on Monday the
9Th day Of April, A. ID. 1920, and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the said proposed amendment
shall be printed on o ballot separate
from the official election ballot Of said
city and in substantially the follow
ing form:
OFFICIAL BALLOT.
Amendment to Section No. Of
chapter of the Local Acts of the
state of Michigan for the year 1893
entitled San Act to incorporate the
city of Belding in the county of Ionia
stae of Michigan"
Make cross in the square below
after the word Eyes" or "no" indi-
eating the way you desire to vite.
Chapter 5.
Section /. The name of any cleo
(a) tor of the city of Bedding shall
be printed on the ballot for eth
er city or a ward Office when
ever a petition as hereinafter
prescribed shall have been filed
in his behalf with the city clerk.
The city clerk shall provide uni
form, nomination petition blanks.
(b) Each petition shall contain the
name of the candidate, giving his
place of residence and shall speci-
fly the Office for which he is NOM
mated, but shall be without any
designation as to his party affi-
liations. Each elector signing
such petition shall add to his sig
nature his place of residence and
the date on which he signed.
The petition shall be substan-
tial in the following form:
We, the undersigned. qualified
electors of the city of Belding,
Ionia County, Michigan, respect
fully petition and request that
the name OF 1920, an elector
of the city Of Belding, residing
at ........, be placed upon the
ballot to be prepared for use at
the next nonpartisan election as
a candidate for ..... Name
........, Address. ....., Ward
........, Date .......
(c) No elector shall sign a nomi-
mating petition for more than one
candidate for any elective Office.
except in Offices where there is
more than one officer to be elect
ed, in which case he shall not
sign petitions. for more candi-
dates than there are officers to be
elected for that particular office.
The signature to the nominal
ing petitions may be on separate
papers but to each separate pa
per, there shall be attached an
affidavit Of the person circulating
the same, stating that each sig
nature thereto was made in his
presence; is the genuine sigma
ture of the person whose name it
purports to be and that to the
best of his knowledge such per-
son is an elector in said city.
I'D The name of no candidate shall
be printed on the election ballot
for ward Office unless petition
is filed which contains the names
of not less than so nor more than
rs qualified electors in such ward
In the case of "a candidate for a
ward office each petitioner must
be an elector in the ward in which
the candidate is to be elected,
and the name of no candidate
shall be printed on the election
ballot for an Office to be filled by
the electors of the city at large
unless the petition shall contain
the names of not less than 100 nor
more than 800 qualified electors
of the city.
No such petition shall be cir
culated more than 60 days prior
to the date of election and all
such petitions shall be filed with
the city cerk not less than six
teen days prior to the date of
election.
(e) At the regular election the can
didate receiving the highest num-
Der of votes of all the candidates
for any particular Office shall be
deemed and declared elected to
that office. In cases where there
are two or more officers to be
elected for the same Office the
candidates receiving the highest
number of votes shall be deemed
and declared to be elected to such
offices. The names of the candi-
dates shall be printed on the bal,
lots without any designation -
or reference to party affiliations.
If two or more candidates be tied
for the same Office the tie shall
be determined by lot cast then
and there, IS the canvassing
board may direct.
Shall the foregoing amendment be
adopted. Yes.
Shall the foregoing amendment be
a' RESOLVED FURTHER, that il
the foregoing amendment to the city
charter be approved by the majority
of the electors voting thereon at the
said election, then the city clerk shall
within thirty days from and after
said election, file or cause to be filed
| two certified copies thereof, together
with statement of the vote for and
against the same, in both the Offices
of the Secretary of State for the State
of Michigan and in the Office of the
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