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Resolution 2009-03b Page 3 of 10 Section 4.01. The Regular Municipal Election. A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first-Monday in November of each even numbered year commencing in 1980 at such places as the City Council shall designate. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given by the Clerk Administrator City Administrator by posting a notice thereof in at least one public place in each election precinct, and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the City stating the time and the places of holding such election and of the officers to be elected. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Elected and qualified officers provided for by this Charter shall assume the duties of office to which they were elected on the first business day in January following such election. Section 4.02.Filing for Office. Subdivision 1. Pursuant to Minnesota Statute 205.13, as amended, no earlier than seventy days nor later than fifty-six days before any municipal election, any resident of the City qualified under state law for elective office may, by filing an affidavit and by paying a filing fee of$20 or by filing a petition in compliance with MN Statute 205.13, subd. 4, as amended, to the Clerk AdministratorCity Administrator, have their name placed on the municipal election ballot. Amended by Ordinance 736, Adopted May 10, 2004; Filed: May 19, 2004, Amended by Ordinance 759,Adopted June 13,2005; Filed: June 22,2005) Section 4.04. Special and Advisory Elections except for Elected Office. The Council shall by resolution order a special or advisory election and provide all means for holding it. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given by the Clerk Administrator City Administrator by posting a notice thereof in at least one public place in each election precinct, and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the City stating the time and places of holding such election. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Section 4.05. Vacancy of Municipal Elected Office. Subdivision 1. When a vacancy in an elected office of the City occurs with 365 days or more remaining in the term of the vacated office, there shall be a special election held within ninety days after the vacancy occurs to elect a successor to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the office vacated. Subdivision 2. The Clerk Administrator City Administrator shall give at least sixty days published prior notice of such special election, except as set forth under Subdivision 5 of this section Section 5.02. Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five (5) to ten (10) members who are voters of the City and whose names and addresses must appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A completed petition consists of one or more pages gathered together as a single document. Each separately circulated page shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectfully, to initiative, referendum and recall. The Sponsoring Committee may obtain a sample petition from the Clerk AdministratorCity Administrator. The Clerk Administrator City Administrator shall provided the number of signatures for petition sufficiency which is based on the total number of ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition must include a certificate signed and dated by the circulator. The certificate shall affirm that each circulator believes the page to contain the genuine signatures of the voters whose names they purport to be and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the City and must sign and print their name and give their street address. The completed petition shall be submitted to the Clerk Administrator City Administrator for review. Any voter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name