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:
- 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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.