Item C: City of Eugene Elections Code Revision

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for filing a nominating petition to 76 days before the election. The 76 days accounts for 15 days for signature verification and the fact that state law requires the city recorder to submit nominations to Lane County Elections 61 days before an election. Proposed subsection (5) clarifies the process for verification of signatures on a nominating petition and clarifies that signatures from persons who are not electors residing in the appropriate geographical area of the city will not be counted.] 2.965 Elections - Residency . A candidate for a city office must be an [legal] elector [under the laws and constitution of the state] and must have been a resident of the city for at least one year immediately preceding the election that results in election to the office[, and]. A candidate for city office shall maintain his or her residence within the city and the area he or she seeks to represent at the time of nomination and throughout his or her term of office if elected. [Removal of an officer's residence from the city or from the area he or she represents shall create a vacancy in the office for which elected, to] If a city official or candidate for city office fails to maintain his or her residence within the city and the area he or she represents or seeks to represent, he or she shall be removed from office or be ineligible to serve as a city official. The vacancy thus created shall be filled in the manner other vacancies in that office are filled. If a [councilor] city official or candidate for city office has more than one residence, [then] the requirements of this section apply to the principal place of residency, which is the residence where the [person] city official or candidate for city office spends more than 50% of [the] his or her time. 2.966 Elections - Officers. (1) In 2002 and every fourth year thereafter a councilor shall be elected from each of the following wards: (a) Ward 3. (b) Ward 4. (c) Ward 5. (d) Ward 6. (2) In 2004 and every fourth year thereafter a mayor shall be elected from the city at large and a councilor shall be elected from each of the following wards: (a) Ward 1. (b) Ward 2. (c) Ward 7. (d) Ward 8. (3) In 1978 and every fourth year thereafter two members shall be elected to the Eugene Water & Electric Board, one from wards 4 and 5 and one from the city at large. In 1980 and every fourth year thereafter, three members shall be elected to the board, one from wards 1 and 8, one from wards 2 and 3, and one from wards 6 and 7. (4) Except as provided in section 24 of the Eugene Charter, [T]the first Proposed Revisions to Election Code with Commentary - Page 4 of 27 2/1/08 07 Elections Code - Prop. Revisions w-comments + (00192309)