The nonpartisan election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; Code 2006; C.O. No. 1B; Code 2023)

At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer.

(K.S.A. 25-2111, 26-206; Code 2006)

Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, shall expire on the Second Monday January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. A mayor and two council members shall be elected at one election, and the remaining three council members shall be elected at the succeeding election. The mayor and all council members shall have four-year terms. There shall be no primary election for city officers.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; K.S.A. 25-21a01 et seq.; C.O. No. 1B; Code 2023)

(a)   The term of office for newly elected councilmembers and mayor shall commence on the next regular meeting on or after December 1st of the year following certification of the election. The elected officers shall qualify by taking the oath or affirmation of office to be filed with the city clerk.

(b)   Every person elected or appointed to city office, before entering upon the duties of such office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as specified in K.S.A. 54-106, and amendments thereto, and every such oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk.

(K.S.A. 25-2120; Code 2006; K.S.A. 25-21a01; Code 2023)

In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law. The nomination petition must be signed by five (5) of the qualified electors of the City of Valley Falls to avoid a fee.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; K.S.A. 25-2110a; C.O. No. 1B; Code 2023)