Nominations for elective offices of the Municipality shall be made only by petition. Candidates shall file a petition signed by twenty-five (25) registered electors. Each petition shall be accompanied by the written acceptance of the nominee. The nomination of each candidate shall be made by a petition, but such petition may be circulated in separate parts, which parts shall be filed as one instrument. No primary election shall be held for the selection of any candidate for any elective office of this Municipality, and no nomination for any such office shall be of any effect unless made as required by this section. The ballot used in the election of officers of the Municipality shall be without party marks or designation. The names of all candidates for any Municipal office shall be placed upon the same ballot and shall be rotated in the manner provided by the laws of Ohio.
If a citizen who has filed his or her nomination petition properly for any of the elective offices shall become disqualified from holding office or die between the last day for filing nomination petitions and the day of the election, then the County Board of Elections shall make provision on the day of election to fill the office for which he or she was a candidate so that the electors may vote for a write-in candidate for the office for which he or she was a candidate.
Write-in votes shall not be permitted except for those elective offices for which no person has filed a nominating petition to run as a candidate.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the general laws of Ohio shall govern the nomination and election of elective officers of the Municipality.
(Amended 11-7-78, 11-8-11)