205.041. Trustees, election, ballot--vacancies, how filled.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

205.041. Trustees, election, ballot--vacancies, how filled.

Trustees, election, ballot--vacancies, how filled.

205.041. 1. Each candidate for the office of health center trusteeshall file with the county election authority an announcement of candidacy inwriting. The announcement shall indicate whether the individual is acandidate for a full or an unexpired term of a named predecessor. No filingfee shall be required to be paid upon the filing of any announcement. Ifannouncements of a sufficient number of trustees are not filed, the countycommission shall appoint such trustee or trustees as may be necessary to fillall vacancies on the board which result from the expiration of the term of anytrustees and any such appointee shall serve until the next municipal electionwhen a trustee shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired term.

2. The ballots shall not contain any designation of the political partyaffiliation of any candidate for trustee. The ballots shall designate thenumber of trustees to be elected and shall state whether any of the trusteesis to be elected for an unexpired term:

FOR HEALTH CENTER TRUSTEE

(Vote for..........)

â ã ....................................................

FOR HEALTH CENTER TRUSTEE For unexpired term ending ..........................

(Vote for ............)

â ã ....................................................

3. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the officesof trustee to be filled shall be declared elected by the county commissionwhich shall issue commissions to the elected trustees.