The election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; Code 1985)

At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer.

(K.S.A. 25-2111, 26-206; Code 1985)

(a)   The governing body of the city shall consist of a board of five (5) commissioners.  As to those two (2) commissioners elected as city commissioners in April 2013, with terms that would have expired in April 2017, such commissioners shall continue in their offices and their terms shall be deemed extended until their successors to such offices are qualified as provided herein.  On the first Tuesday in November, 2017, there shall be elected two (2) commissioners to replace those two (2) members of the governing body elected as city commissioners in April 2013, and the two (2) candidates for commissioner receiving the highest votes shall be declared elected for a term of four (4) years each, with their terms to expire on the second Monday of January 2018, when such newly-elected commissioners shall take office.

(b)   As to those three (3) commissioners elected as city commissioners in April 2015, with terms that would have expired in April 2019, such commissioners shall continue in their offices and their terms shall be deemed extended until their successors to such offices are qualified as provided herein.  On the first Tuesday in November, 2019, there shall be elected three (3) commissioners to replace those three (3) members of the governing body elected as city commissioners in April 2015, and the three (3) candidates for commissioner receiving the highest votes shall be declared elected for a term of four (4) years each, with their terms to expire on the second Monday of January 2020, when such newly-elected commissioners shall take office.

(c)   Succeeding elections for all such offices shall be for four (4) year terms, until the successors to such offices are qualified.  Each commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of the City of Eudora, Kansas.

(C.O. No.1, Sec. 2; K.S.A. 14-103, 14-201; C.O. No. 14; C.O. No. 17; Code 2016)

Any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law.  The nomination petition must be signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of the City of Eudora.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; C.O. No. 17; Code 2016)