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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">December 29, 2022</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Sheela Amin
<br />City Clerk
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7207
<br />Sheela.Amin@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City accepting petitions for City Council election through Jan. 10</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The City of Columbia is accepting petitions for Ward 1 and Ward 5 Council seats. Residents who wish to run for either of these Council positions must file a petition for office with the City Clerk’s Office. <br /><br />Petitions, along with instructions, are available to be picked up from the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., excluding weekends and City holidays. <br /><br />Candidates must be qualified voters and residents of the ward they are filing to represent and shall hold no lucrative public office or any lucrative position in the City government. Candidates must obtain at least 50 signatures from residents who reside in and are registered voters of the same ward. <br /><br />The deadline to file is Jan. 10, 2023, no later than 5 p.m. <br /><br />Election Day is April 4, 2023. Maps of the Wards can be
found at <a href="https://www.como.gov/boards/city-council/wards-map/">CoMo.gov/boards/city-council/wards-map/</a>.</div>
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