{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-78.280","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 78.280","heading":"Election — form of ballot.","body":"1. Nominations hereunder shall be made without the intervention of a primary election by filing with the clerk a statement of candidacy accompanied by a petition signed by voters of the city, equal in number to at least ten percent of the entire vote for all candidates for the office of mayor at the last preceding municipal election.\n2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:\nElection for the balance or the unexpired term of ______ as ______ for ______.\nVote for one only.\nNames of candidates.","path":["Title VII - CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES","Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=78.280","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"c3573465f8373ec82cf36f85af50c88f3e4afa7fbffdf89504581c496abdb96f","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-78.270","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-78.290"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}