Candidates for Mayor shall be nominated at a partisan primary election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in the odd numbered years in which the Mayor is to be elected, or at such other time as may hereinafter be provided by the Ohio election laws pertaining to the conduct of municipal primaries, commencing in the year 1973 and each four (4) years thereafter. Candidates for Member of Council shall be nominated at a partisan primary election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, or at such other time as may hereinafter be provided by the Ohio election laws pertaining to the conduct of municipal primaries, as follows: In the year 1972, each political party may nominate not more than six (6) candidates for Member of Council. The three (3) candidates of each party receiving the largest number of votes shall be deemed nominated for three (3)-year terms of office, and the three (3) candidates of each party receiving the next largest number of votes shall be deemed nominated for one (1)-year terms of office. Commencing in the year 1973, and each two (2) years thereafter, each political party may nominate not more than three (3) candidates for Member of Council. Each person desiring to become a candidate for a party nomination to such offices to be voted for at a primary election, shall, not later than 4:00 p. m. of the ninetieth (90th) day before the day of such primary election, or at such other time as may hereinafter be provided by the Ohio election laws pertaining to the conduct of municipal primaries, file with the appropriate Board of Elections a declaration of candidacy and nominating petitions, which shall contain signatures of electors of the same political party as the candidate as required by the election laws of the State of Ohio. Each person desiring to become a candidate for Mayor or Member of Council as an independent shall file a statement of candidacy and nominating petitions with the appropriate Board of Elections containing signatures of electors as required by the election laws of the State of Ohio, not later than 4:00 p.m. of the ninetieth (90th) day before the day of such primary election, or at such other time as may hereinafter be provided by the Ohio election laws pertaining to the conduct of municipal primaries. The procedure established by the Ohio election laws for filing and voting shall be followed, except as modified by this Charter.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1976)