The nominating petitions of nonpartisan candidates for election as officers of the Village of Brooklyn Heights shall be signed by not less than twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the Village. Any nominating petition filed under this section shall be filed with the Board of Elections not later than 4:00 p.m. of the ninetieth (90th) day before the day of the general Village election, provided that no such nominating petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures aggregating in number more than three (3) times the minimum number of signatures required by this section. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by the Board of Elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the Board of Elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three (3) times the minimum number of signatures required. The Board of Elections may discontinue verifying signatures when the number of verified signatures on a petition equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.
(Nov. 8, 2012)