Section 5.
Regular city elections shall be held at the same time as biennial general state elections and at
such places as the council shall designate. The council shall provide the times, manner, and
means for holding any special election.
Section 6.
The council shall appoint judges and clerks of election for each election.
Section 7.
The recorder, under direction of the council, shall give ten days' notice of each regular or
special city election by posting notice thereof at a conspicuous place in the city hall and in
one public place in each voting precinct of the city. The notice shall state the officers to be
elected at, the ballot title of each measure to be voted upon, and the time and place of, the
election.
Section 8.
No person is qualified to vote at an election under this act who is not a qualified elector of
the state and a resident of Falls City.
Section 9.
All judges and clerks of election shall first be duly sworn before entering upon the duties of
their office, as in the general election laws of this state provided.
Section 10.
On or before noon of the day following each city election the returns therefrom shall be filed
with the recorder and not later than five days after the election the council shall meet and
canvass the returns. The results of all elections shall be made a matter of record in the
journal of the proceedings of the council, which shall contain a statement of the total number of
votes cast at each election, the votes cast for each person and for and against each proposition,
the name of each person elected to office, the office to which he has been elected, and a
reference to each measure enacted or approved. Tie votes for elective offices shall be resolved
by lot. Immediately after the canvass is completed the recorder shall make and sign a certificate
of election of each person elected and deliver the certificate to him within one day after the
canvass. A certificate so made and delivered shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the
statements contained in it, except that the council shall be the final judge of the qualifications
and election of its own members, subject, however, to review by any court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 11.
Except as this act provides otherwise and as the council provides otherwise by ordinances relating
to elections, the general laws of the state shall apply to the conduct of all city elections,
recounts of the returns therefrom, and contests thereof.