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2012 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 3.01 and 3.02, as amended, of Chapter 323 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.01. Election of council members.
In the regular municipal election to be held on the first
Tuesday in May, 1974, after the first Monday in
November, 2013, and every four (4) years thereafter, four (4)
councilmen council members shall be elected for terms of four (4)
years each, such terms of office to begin on the first day of July, 1974,
and end on the last day of June,
1978 January, 2014, and end on the last day of December, 2017;
succeeding terms shall begin on the first day of July in the
year of election and end on the
last day of June, four years thereafter
January following the year of election and end on the last day of December,
four (4) years thereafter. In the regular municipal election to be held on
the first Tuesday in May, 1976, after the first Monday
in November, 2015, and every four (4) years thereafter, three (3)
councilmen council members shall be elected for terms of four (4)
years each, such terms of office to begin on the first day of July, 1976,
and end on the last day of June,
1980 January, 2016, and end on the last day of December, 2019;
succeeding terms shall begin on the first day of July in the
year of election and end on the
last day of June four years thereafter
January following the year of election and end on the last day of December,
four (4) years thereafter. Council members serving on council who were elected
in May, 2010, and those members elected in May, 2012, shall have their term of
office shortened by six (6) months but shall continue in office until their
successors have been elected at the November general election and have been
qualified to serve.
§ 3.02. Nomination of candidates for council.
Candidates for the office of councilmen may
council member shall be nominated by petition or
under general law qualified voters of the city and
shall file their notice of candidacy and be nominated only by petition in the
manner prescribed by law for nonparty candidates and not by caucus, primary,
convention or other party-affiliated proceeding.
There shall be printed on the ballots used in the election of councilmen the names of all candidates who have been so nominated. The requirements for nomination by petition shall be:
(a) Any qualified voter of the city actually residing within the corporate limits may be nominated by filing a petition together with the notice of candidacy required by the general laws of the Commonwealth relating to elections.
(b) The petition shall state the name and address of the residence of the person whose name is presented thereby as a candidate.
The requirements for nomination under
general law shall be as therein prescribed
This section of the City Charter is intended to ensure nonpartisan elections
for City Council.