Ordinance No. 33-77-4 vORDINANCE NO. 33-77-4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IX OF
THE ATLANTIC BEACH CITY CHARTER
(CHAPTER 57-1126, LAWS OF FLORIDA)
BEING LABELED "ELECTIONS"; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION I: Section 79 entitled "Elections" of Article
IX is amended to read as follows -
Any person who is a qualified elector of the
State of Florida, and who has resided in the
City sixty (60) days, shall be an elector of
this City.
SECTION II: Section 80 entitled "Registration of
Voters" of said Charter of the City of Atlantic Beach is amended
to read as follows:
The registration of voters is to conform to
Chapter 98.051 Sec. C and 3A Florida Statutes, as amended.
SECTION III: Section 81 entitled "Nominations" is
amended to read as follows:
Any elector of the city having the additional
qualifications and limitations as set forth in
Article II, Section 6, may be nominated for the
commission by petition. A petition for this
purpose shall be signed by not less than ten
(10) qualified electors. Each petition shall
designate the seat for which the candidate is
nominated. The signatures of the nominating
petition need not all be subscribed to one
paper but to each separate paper there shall be
attached a signed statement of the circulator
thereof stating the number of signers of such
paper and that each signature appended thereto
was made in his presence, and is the genuine
signature of the person whose name it purports
to be. With each signature, including the
signature of the circulator, shall be stated the
place of residence of the signer, giving the
street and number or other description
sufficient to identify it. The form of the
nomination petition shall be substantially as
follows:
"We, the undersigned electors of the City of
Atlantic Beach hereby nominate
whose residence is
for the office of Commissioner, Seat No.
to be voted for at the election to be held on
the day of , A. D.,
and we individually certify that our names
appear on the rolls of registered voters, that
we are qualified to vote for a candidate for
the Commission.
"Name Street and Number Address from which
last Date of Registered (if different) signing
(SPACES FOR SIGNATURES AND REQUIRED DATE)
"STATEMENT OF CIRCULATOR"
"The undersigned is the circulator of the fore-
going paper containing signatures. Each
signature appended thereto was made in my
presence and is the genuine signature of the
person whose name it purports to be.
"SIGNATURE OF CIRCULATOR
"ADDRESS:
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Any signature made earlier than the fifteenth of
August next preceding the election shall be void.
All nominating papers comprising a petition shall
be filed as one instrument with the city clerk,
not earlier than 12:00 Noon on the second Tuesday
of September, nor later than 12:00 Noon on the
third Tuesday of September, before the election.
The city clerk shall make a record of the exact
time at which each petition is filed, and shall
take and preserve the name and address of the
person by whom it is filed. No nominating peti-
tion shall be accepted unless accompanied by a
signed acceptance of the nomination in substantially
the following form:
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"ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION"
"I hereby accept the nomination for Seat No.
on the City Commission and agree to serve if elected.
(Signature of Candidate)"
Within two days after the filing of a nominating
petition the city clerk shall notify the candidate,
and the person who filed the petition, whether or not
it is found to be signed by the required number of
qualified electors. If a petition is found insuffi-
cient, the city clerk shall return it immediately to
the person who filed it with a statement certifying
wherein the petition is found insufficient. Within
the regular time for filing petitions, such a petition
may be amended and filed again as a new petition, in
which case the time of the first filing shall be dis-
regarded in determining the validity of signatures
thereon, or a different petition may be filed for the
same candidate. The petition of each person nominated
to be a member of the city commission shall be pre-
served by the city clerk until the expiration of the
term of office for which the candidate has been nominated.
SECTION IV: Section 85 entitled "Absentee Voting" is
amended to read as follows:
Absentee Voting Procedures shall follow those procedures
as prescribed by General State Law.
SECTION V: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its final passage.
Passed by the City Commission first reading May 9, 1977
Passed by the City Commission on second reading May 23, 1977
Passed by the City Commission on day of June 13 , 1977.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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