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- Latest post made by John Kysylyczyn at Jun 26 06:32 UTC
For those that are interested, here is a cut and paste from the city's web-page on this. It is still cheaper than a movie. Roseville has two City Council seats up for election this fall. Filing begins July 1 until July 15. If interested in running, file at the Administration Department at Roseville City Hall, 2660 Civic Center Drive. To file, a person completes an affidavit and pays a $5 filing fee. More information is available on the Elections webpage. Call 651-792-7026 if you have questions or contact the City's Elections Coordinator. Qualifications to run for a City Council seat include: Must be an eligible voter of the City; 21 years of age; and Resident of the City for at least thirty days before general election. http://mn-roseville.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=1261
Another screw-up on the part of the partisan Roseville communications
department.
The city website claims the following qualifications to RUN for city council:
Must be an eligible voter of the City;
21 years of age;
Resident of the City for at least thirty days before general election.
State law on the other hand says in Minnesota Statutes 204B.06:
Must be an eligible voter of the City;
IS OR WILL BE ON ASSUMING THE OFFICE, 21 years of age or older;
Resident of the City for at least thirty days before general election.
The difference?
According to the city, you have to be 21 years old to RUN for office.
According to state law, you do NOT have to be 21 years old to RUN for office.
You only have to be 21 years old by the time you take the oath of office which
would most likely be the first business day after January 1, 2009. So many 20
year olds ARE eligible to RUN for office.
Personally I would put my faith in state law over the partisan Roseville
Communications Department.
Hopefully somebody down at City Hall will issue a correction. Sorry, but I
think it is kind of embarrassing when the elections people don't know the
qualifications to run for office. We have only been holding city elections for
60 years.
John M. Kysylyczyn
K Solutions LLC, owner
3083 Victoria Street
Roseville, MN 55113
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home office: (651) 484-1384
www.ksolutionsllc.com
Mayor of Roseville, MN 2000-2004