Notice of Offices to be Filled in 2024

City of Palmer
Notice of Offices to be Filled

October 1, 2024, Regular Election

The City of Palmer will hold a regular election on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The nominating period for the following offices is July 15 through July 26, 2024:

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Candidate Qualifications:

To qualify as a candidate for Council Member, a person must meet the following requirements of the City Charter Section 2.2:

  1. To be eligible to file a nominating petition for election to a city office, a person shall be a qualified voter of the city and shall have been a resident of the city or of territory annexed to the city or shall have had a combination of residence in the city and in the annexed territory for a period of not less than one year preceding the date of the filing of such petition.

AND
Palmer Municipal Code (PMC) 18.15.010:
Any person is eligible for city office if the person is a qualified voter of the city and meets state and city requirements for the office.

  1. Candidates for the office of Mayor or Council Member shall reside in the city or in territory annexed to the city and meet the requirements of PMC 2.04.031 or 2.05.020.
  2. Candidates shall provide sufficient proof as required by the clerk that they are eligible or shall be eligible by the date of the election, to be recognized as a candidate for any election.
Nominating Petitions:

Candidates may obtain a nominating petition packet from the Palmer City Clerk’s Office or may download one from the City’s website at www.palmerak.org/elections no earlier than July 15, 2024.
To be a valid nominating petition, the candidate must file a completed Candidates Information and Statement form accompanied by a petition containing a minimum of twenty (20) signatures of registered City of Palmer voters pursuant to PMC 18.15.020.
Completed petitions may be filed with the Palmer City Clerk’s Office beginning at 8 a.m. on July 15, 2024. All candidates must file a valid nominating petition with the Palmer City Clerk by 4 p.m. on July 26, 2024, to be placed on the ballot.
For further information regarding the October 1, 2024, Regular City Election, please contact the Palmer City Clerk’s Office at (907) 761-1301, email cityclerk@palmerak.org, or go to our website at www.palmerak.org/elections.

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