37-7-211 - Filing of petition and affidavit by candidate for office of trustee.
§ 37-7-211. Filing of petition and affidavit by candidate for office of trustee.
Any person otherwise eligible under the provisions of subsection (1) of Section 37-7-203 who shall desire to be a candidate for the office of trustee must qualify in the following manner in order to be allowed to be considered for election. By 5:00 p.m. at least forty (40) days before the election he shall file with the office of the superintendent of the municipal separate school district, or the special municipal separate school district, as the case may be, a petition signed by not less than twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the area represented by the office which he seeks, either for a full term or an unexpired term, as the case may be, and an affidavit by the candidate offering for election stating his qualifications under the terms of said sections. The petition shall contain an affidavit certifying that all signatures are the personal signatures of each person whose name appears on the petition and that each person is a qualified elector.
Unless the petition and affidavit required above shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. not less than forty (40) days prior to the election, the name of the candidate shall not be considered in the election, and votes cast for any person who has failed to qualify shall not be counted in the election.
If after the time for candidates to file the petition and affidavit provided for herein there should be only one (1) person to qualify for the office of trustee, then no election or notice of election shall be necessary and such person shall, if otherwise qualified, be declared elected without opposition.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6328-09; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 12, § 9; Laws, 1962, ch. 348; Laws, 1966, ch. 411, § 1; Laws, 1966, ch. 412, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 425, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 409, § 3; Laws, 1982, ch. 356, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 592, § 17, eff from and after July 28, 2000, the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the amendment of this section.