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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter q/ the City of Lake City
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for the office to which he has been nominated, the
party by which such person was nominated shall 79/257
be allowed five days after such declination to
run by such person in which to substitute another
candidate.
Sec. 13. The City Council shall cause to be
preserved in the office of the City Clerk all
certificates and petitions of nominations filed under
the provisions of this ordinance for six months
after the election for which such nominations are
made.

Sec. 14. The ballots printed in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance shall contain
the names of all candidates nominated as herein­
before provided, who have not declined. The
names of all candidates for the same office shall be
printed together, irrespective of party, but the
order in which the titles to the various offices to be
filled shall be arranged upon the ballots, shall be
left to the discretion of the officer charged with the
printing of said ballots. All ballots shall be alike,
printed in plain type, in straight lines, upon plain
white paper so thick that the printing cannot be
distinguished from the back, with a slender line
between each name and extending sufficiently to
the left of the name to easily permit making
before each name a cross mark (X), and in the
appropriate place, the words, “Vote for one,” (or
two or other number, as the case may be) to indi­
cate the number which may be elected to each
office, and shall be substantially in the following
form, except the order in which the several offices
to be filled are arranged, namely:

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