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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">State law requires that council candidates run for office non-partisan:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">50-406. Method of nomination -- Clerk to furnish printed forms. Candidates for elective city offices shall be nominated by declaration.
The declaration shall contain the name and address of the person and the office and the term for which he is being nominated.
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">There shall be no mention relating to party or principal of the nominee.</span> The completed declaration of candidacy shall be accompanied by: (1) a petition of candidacy signed by not less than five (5)
registered qualified electors; or (2) a nonrefundable filing fee of forty dollars ($40.00) which shall be deposited in the city treasury.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">It shall be the duty of the city clerk to furnish upon application a reasonable number of regular printed forms, as herein set forth,
to any person or persons applying therefor. The forms shall be of uniform size as determined by the clerk.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">However, that does not mean that the candidate cannot be affiliated with a political party (I know of both Republican and Democrat council members who have
served) and there is nothing that I am aware of to prevent candidates from getting support from people who may share similar views and are in the same political party.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D">Stephanie Kalasz, CMC</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D">City Clerk</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D">City of Moscow</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D">206 E. 3rd Street</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D">Moscow, ID 83843</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D">(208) 883-7015</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>rhayes@frontier.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 23, 2013 3:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] fishy?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">If the mayor and city council's positions are supposed to be non-partisan, why does every, and I do mean every, Republican household in my neighborhood
already have Lambert and Weber signs out on their lawns? It must be magic, or...?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Roger Hayes/Moscow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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