(A) Candidates for any elected office of the municipality may be nominated by petition. The number of signatures of registered voters needed to place the name of a candidate upon the nonpartisan ballot for the general election shall be at least 10% of the total number of registered voters voting for Governor or President of the United States at the immediately preceding general election in the ward in which the officer is to be elected.
(B) Petitions for nomination for nonpartisan offices shall conform to the requirements of Neb. RS 32-628. Petitions shall state the office to be filled and the name and address of the candidate. Petitions shall be signed by registered voters residing in the ward in which the officer is to be elected and shall be filed with the filing officer in the same manner as provided for candidate filing forms in Neb. RS 32-607. Petition signer and circulators shall conform to the requirements of Neb. RS 32-629 and 32-630. No petition for nomination shall be filed unless there is attached thereto a Municipal Clerk-Treasurer’s receipt showing payment of the filing fee required pursuant to § 36.08. Such petitions shall be filed by September 1 in the year of the general election.
(1997 Code, § 1-709)
Statutory reference:
Authority or similar provisions, see Neb. RS 32-617, 32-618