City Elections - Jefferson City, Missouri

GENERAL ELECTION INFORMATION

Elections for City offices are established by our City Charter and Chapter 12 of the City Code. Officials are elected every year. The Mayor is elected for four years; City Council members are elected for staggered two-year terms; the Municipal Judge and City Prosecutor are both elected to two-year terms.

Vacancies in Office

When a Council Member resigns or dies while in office, new member are nominated, and one is subsequently elected, by the Council to fill out the remainder of the Council year, at which time the appointee may file to run for the rest of the unexpired term.

When a vacancy occurs in the offices of Municipal Judge or Prosecutor, the Mayor appoints, with the approval of the Council, a person to fill out the remainder of the election year. The appointee may then file to run for office.

Elections for the City of Jefferson are conducted by the Cole and Callaway County Clerks, but the ballots containing all City issues and candidates are prepared and are certified to the Counties by the City Clerk in accordance with state election laws. The City reimburses the Counties for its share of the cost to conduct elections.