File #: 21532    Version: 0 Name: Election Filing
Type: Resolution Status: Defeated
File created: 2/15/2024 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 2/19/2024 Final action: 2/19/2024
Title: A RESOLUTION directing the Clerk of the County Legislature to establish, pursuant to RSMo115.395 (2), a system of ballot name order by random drawing for candidates filing for County office.
Sponsors: Sean E. Smith
Indexes: Clerk of the Legislature, ELECTION
Attachments: 1. 21532bu.pdf

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

A RESOLUTION directing the Clerk of the County Legislature to establish, pursuant to RSMo115.395 (2), a system of ballot name order by random drawing for candidates filing for County office.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 21532, February 19, 2024

 

INTRODUCED BY Sean E. Smith, County Legislator

 

Body

 WHEREAS, RSMo 115.395, requires the Secretary of State to place candidates who file a declaration of candidacy for nomination to office in the primary election, on the first day of filing, on the election ballot in the order determined by a random drawing; and,

 

WHEREAS, section 115.395, also authorizes local election authorities to implement the same random drawing procedure to determine ballot order for candidates who file for local office on the first day of filing; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Legislature would like to evaluate the current ballot name ordering system to determine how to place nominees for office in primary elections on the ballot; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby directs the Clerk of the County Legislature to establish a system of candidate filing for County office whereunder the ballot order of candidates who file for office on the first day of filing is determined by random drawing, in the manner authorized by RSMo 115.395 (2).

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

____________________________                                          

County Counselor

 

 

Certificate of Passage

 

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21532 of February 19, 2024, was defeated on February 19, 2024 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

Yeas ________1___________                                          Nays ________6___________

 

 

Abstaining _______0________                                          Absent ________1__________

 

 

Excused _____1_______

 

 

 

 

______________________                                                               _________________________________

Date                                                                                                                              Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature