(a)   The non-partisan election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.

(b)   The governing body of the city may, by ordinance, divide the city into wards and precincts, establish the boundaries thereof, and number the same. No ordinance redefining wards and precincts shall become effective less than 30 days prior to the next regular city election.

(c)   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 shall be voted on by the voters as the general election of city officers, to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November. The person from among the candidates who received the largest number of votes at such general election shall be declared the winner in said election.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; Code 1994; Ord. 1360; C.O. No. 17; C.O. No. 18)

At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer.

(K.S.A. 25-2111, 26-206; Code 1994)

(a)   Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

(b)   A general election of city officers take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. All council members are from and elected by the general population of the City of Oswego. Council members shall have four year terms. The Mayor shall have a four year term.

(C.O. No. 12; Code 2003; C.O. No. 14; Code 2013; C.O. No. 17)

(a)   The terms of officers elected shall commence on the second Monday in January following certification of the election.

(b)   Every person elected or appointed to city office, before entering upon the duties of such office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as specified in K.S.A. 54-106, and amendments thereto, and every such oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk.

(K.S.A. 25-2120; Code 2003; K.S.A. 25-21a01; C.O. No. 17)

In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law. In accordance with K.S.A. 25-2110, and amendments thereto, the nomination petition must be signed by 25 qualified electors of the City of Oswego, or by a number of such qualified electors of the city equal to not less than 10% of the ballots cast at the last general city election, whichever is less.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; Ord. 1360)