No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the Council. Nominations for the offices of member of Council (including the Mayor) shall be made by petition. Petitions for at-large seats or Mayor shall contain the signatures of thirty (30) electors of the Municipality. In all other respects, the petitions shall be as provided by the provisions of the election laws of Ohio pertaining to nonpartisan elections. Petitions shall be on the forms provided by the Board of Elections for the nomination of individual nonpartisan candidates for such office. An elector may sign only as many petitions as there are members of Council to be elected at the Municipal election for which the nominations are made.
(11-4-97; 11-6-12)