The city commission shall prepare or cause to be prepared the official ballot for each regular and special election of the city. Each candidate shall file a petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) duly qualified voters of the city and shall submit a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which will result in the appearance in alphabetical order of the name of the particular candidate upon the official general election ballot. All such filing fees collected shall be deposited to the general fund. None but the official ballot shall be used.
(Code 1958, § 8-6; Ord. No. 83-51, § 5, 12-20-83)