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2002 SESSION
024137922Be 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 [ , and all of whom shall be elected in non-partisan
elections. 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.