Columbia Campaign Financing ordinance (Charter § 164)

A. Every candidate for municipal election shall comply with all applicable laws and provisions of the Constitution of the State of Missouri and ordinances of the City of Columbia relating to campaign practices and the financing and conduct of campaigns for elective office.

B. The city council may, in appropriate cases, on notice of violations of any such provision of the Constitution, laws, or ordinance, and in addition to other available remedies, order the office of any candidate who was elected to be forfeited, and may enter an order making any candidate, regardless of whether the candidate was elected, ineligible to seek an elective municipal office for two and one-half

(2½) years from the date of the election in which the violation occurred. Should a forfeiture occur under this section, a vacancy shall be filled in accordance with Section 9.

(11-7-78; Ord. No. 15113, § 1, 1-16-97)