The election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.
(K.S.A. 25-2101; Code 1992)
At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer,
(K.S.A. 25-2111, 26-206; Code 1992)
(a) There shall be a primary election of the city officers on the Tuesday preceding by five weeks the first Tuesday in April of every year that such city has a city elections, except at otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A primary election shall be held if needed to reduce the number of candidates for each office in the general election to no more than three candidates. No primary election of city officers shall be held unless by holding such primary two or more persons will be eliminated as candidates for office. In the event there are not more than three times the number of candidates as there are officers to be elected, the names of the candidates for such office shall not appear on the primary election ballots, and there shall be no primary election for such office, but the names of such candidates shall be placed on the general city election ballot.
(C.O. No. 9; C.O. No. 18; Ord. 02-471; K.S.A. 25-2108a; Code 2009)
On the first Tuesday in April, 1985, there shall be elected a mayor and five council members. At said election the mayor shall be declared elected for a term of four years and the two candidates for councilmember receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of four years. The candidates for council members receiving the next three highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of two years succeeding elections for all such offices shall be for four year terms, or until the successor to such offices are qualified.
(C.O. No. 7, Sec. 2)