The non-partisan 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.; K.S.A. 25-2113; Code 2022)

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; K.S.A. 26-206; Code 2022)

Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2016, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2017, when the city officials elected in the November 2016 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, shall expire on the second Monday in 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 2018, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2019, when the city officials elected in the November 2018 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the first regularly scheduled meeting in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

Thereafter, all newly elected officials terms shall begin on the first regularly scheduled meeting in the January immediately following the November election and all governing body positions terms expiring, shall expire on the first regularly scheduled meeting in January, when the newly elected city officials take office.

General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2016. Succeeding elections will be held every year 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 two year terms.

(K.S.A. Supp. 25-2101 et seq.; K.S.A. 25-21a01 et seq.; C.O. No. 3; C.O. No. 15; C.O. No. 24; Code 2022)

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 2 of the qualified electors of the City of Garden Plain.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; K.S.A. 25-2110a; C.O. No. 24; Code 2022)