78.540. Conduct of election--council to establish voting precincts.
Conduct of election--council to establish voting precincts.
78.540. 1. If a person elected fails to qualify withinthirty days after his election, the office shall be filled as ifthere were a vacancy in such office, as herein provided.
2. No informalities in conducting municipal elections shallinvalidate the same, if they have been conducted fairly and insubstantial conformity to the requirements of these sections.
3. The council shall by ordinance, resolution or otherwise,divide the city into as many voting precincts as it may deemnecessary to afford all the voters a convenient opportunity ofexercising the right of franchise in all municipal elections tobe held in the city, and each of said precincts shall be deemed award within the purview of the general and primary election lawsof the state.
(RSMo 1939 § 7083, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)Prior revision: 1929 § 6933