Nominations for elective offices of the Municipality shall be made only by petition. Candidates at large shall file a petition signed by at least forty (40) registered electors of the Municipality who were registered at the last general election. Ward Council candidates shall file a petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) registered electors of the Municipality who were registered at the last general election in their respective wards. The nomination of each candidate shall be made by a petition, but such petition may be circulated in separate parts, which shall be filed, however, as one instrument. No primary election shall be held for the selection of any candidate for any elective office of this Municipality, and no nomination for any such office shall be of any effect unless made as required by this section. The ballot used in the election of officers of the Municipality shall be without party marks or designation. The names of all candidates for any Municipal office shall be placed upon the same ballot and shall be rotated in the manner provided by the laws of Ohio.
Subject to Article III, Section 2, and Article IV, Section 2, of this Charter, whichever is applicable, write-in candidates are allowed in all elections for all elected offices.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the general laws of Ohio shall govern the nomination and election of elective officers of the Municipality.
(Amended 11-2-71; 11-7-95; 11-3-98)