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CHAPTER 534 An Act to amend and reenact § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 646 of the Acts of Assembly of 1968, which provided a charter for the Town of Herndon, in Fairfax County, relating to elections. [H 552] Approved April 5, 2002

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 646 of the Acts of Assembly of 1968 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3.1. Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Council Members and Mayor.

(a) The Town of Herndon shall be governed by a town council composed of six councilmen council members and a mayor, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the town. Candidates for town offices shall not be identified on the ballot by political affiliation. In order to have their names placed on the ballot, all candidates shall be nominated only by petition as provided by general law pursuant to § 24.2-506.

(b) The mayor and councilmen council members in office at the time of the passage of this act shall continue in office until the first day of July, 1974. An election for mayor and councilmen shall be held on the second Tuesday in May, 1974, and on the first Tuesday in May of every second year thereafter shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May of each even-numbered year. The mayor and councilmen council members elected under this act section shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the first day of July next succeeding his or their following the election.