AN ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF SATANTA, KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 25-2108(a); PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS WITHIN SAID CITY.

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

Section 1. The City of Satanta, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to K.S.A. 25-2108(a), and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Such statutory section is applicable to this city but is not applicable uniformly to all cities.

Section2. 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 votes at the general election of city officers, to be held on the first Tuesday in November. The person from the candidates who receives the largest number of votes at such general election shall be declared the winner in said election.

(03-03-2021)