(a) Petitions. Candidates for Mayor and City Council shall be nominated by petition. Any person who has been a qualified elector of the City for two years prior to the date of the next regular municipal election, or longer may be nominated for the Mayor or City Council by a petition signed by at least 50 electors. The signatures to a nominating petition need not all be affixed to one paper, but to each separate paper of a petition there shall be attached an affidavit executed by its circulator stating the number of signers of the paper, that each signature on it was affixed in his/her presence and that he/she believes each signature to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Each signer shall indicate next to his/her signature the date of his/her signing and the place of his/her residence.
No elector shall sign more petitions for Mayor or Council than there are positions to be filled. If an elector signs more petitions than herein permitted, his/her signature shall be void except as to the first filed of the petitions signed by him/her for the positions to be filled. All signatures shall be affixed in ink or indelible pencil.
(b) Filing and Acceptance. All nominating petitions shall be filed with the election authorities not earlier than 120 days nor less than 90 days before the regular election to be held pursuant to this Charter. No nominating petition shall be accepted unless accompanied by a signed acceptance of the nomination and a declaration that the candidate will serve if elected.
(c) Form of Petition. Nominating petitions shall be of the type designated by the election authorities. (Amended 5-7-19)