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Florissant City Council Races April 2026
Filing Procedures For Florissant
City Council Races April 7, 2026
PROCEDURE FOR FILING FOR NOMINATION FOR CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS IN WARDs 2,4,6 & 8 OF THE CITY OF FLORISSANT FOR THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 7th, 2026.
Candidates may obtain the necessary forms from the City Clerk’s office on or after January 6th, 2026, at the Florissant City Hall, 955 rue St. Francois, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday.
Candidates for City Council must be registered voters of the City and shall have been a resident of the ward for which they are seeking office at least one (1) year immediately prior to the date of the election.
City Council candidates must obtain 200 signatures of registered voters in the Ward where the petition is being filed.
Signatures cannot be obtained prior to opening day of filing and must be submitted on the forms provided and cannot be copied.
The Petitions and Affidavit must be returned to the City Clerk no earlier than January 6th, 2026, and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20th, 2026. The Affidavit that accompanies the Petitions must be signed by the Candidate for City 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 St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners that the nominating petitions filed by a candidate are 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 wherein 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 Completed Filing.
For more information or questions, please contact the City Clerk at cityclerk@florissantmo.com or 314-839-7630.
