14-204. City council; candidates; qualifications; primary election; filing.

(1) A candidate for city council member of a city of the metropolitan class shall be a registered voter and a resident of the district from which he or she seeks election and shall have been a resident in the city and district or any area annexed by the city for six months. The primary election for nomination of city council members shall be held on the first Tuesday of April preceding the date of the general city election.

(2) Any person desiring to become a candidate for city council member shall file a candidate filing form pursuant to sections 32-606 and 32-607.

Source:Laws 1921, c. 116, art. II, § 4, p. 420; C.S.1922, § 3529; C.S.1929, § 14-204; R.S.1943, § 14-204; Laws 1949, c. 16, § 2, p. 81; Laws 1953, c. 21, § 1, p. 91; Laws 1979, LB 80, § 3; Laws 1979, LB 329, § 5; Laws 1982, LB 807, § 39; Laws 1994, LB 76, § 471; Laws 2022, LB800, § 38.