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Following are the filing procedures for nomination for the Ward 4 council seat for the unexpired term ending in April, 2008. The seat was Gerri Debo’s who recently resigned after moving from the city. The election for this seat will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007.

•Candidates may obtain the necessary forms from the city clerk on or after Nov. 8, 2006 at Florissant City Hall, 955 rue St. Francois, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
•Candidates must be registered voter of the city and shall have been a resident of the ward from which election is sought or the area constituting such ward for at least one year immediately prior to the date of the election.
•Candidates must obtain signatures of at least 200 registered voters who are residents of the City of Florissant residing in the same ward in which the candidate seeks office.
•The petitions and affidavit must be returned to the city clerk no earlier than 8 a.m. and no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 22, 2006. The affidavit that accompanies the petitions must be signed by the candidate for council and notarized. The affidavit will be signed and the time and date recorded by the city clerk. The petitions must be signed by the candidate obtaining the signatures, but need not be notarized.
•The city clerk, upon being informed by the Board of Election Commissioners of St. Louis County that the nominating petitions filed by a candidate is sufficient or not sufficient, shall notify the candidate immediately upon receipt of the same. If a petition is found insufficient the city clerk shall return it to the person filing it with a statement certifying therein the petition is insufficient. Within the regular filing time for filing petitions, new or supplemental petitions may be filed for the same candidate.
•Names will appear on the ballot in the order of filing.

The city clerk is not a notary and cannot accept the affidavit unless it has been notarized.
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