The election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; Code 1996)

At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer.

(K.S.A. 25-2111, 26-206; Code 1996)

Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017 (i.e., the mayor elected and two councilmembers elected in April 2015), shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2018 (i.e., the three councilmembers elected in April 2016), shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2019, when the city officials elected in the November 2018 general election take office.

General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every year for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. The mayor and council members shall have two-year terms.

All elections for the City of Ellinwood, Kansas, shall be non-partisan.

(C.O. No. 2, Sec. 2; K.S.A. Supp. 25-2111; L. 2015, ch. 88; C.O. No. 9; Code 2022)

Beginning in 2017, the terms of officers elected shall commence on the second Monday in January following certification of the election, and the elected officers shall qualify by taking the oath or affirmation of office to be filed with the city clerk.

(K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2120; Code 2022)

Any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law. The nomination petition must be signed by ten qualified electors of the City of Ellinwood.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; C.O. No. 9; Code 2022)