The Candidates for elective office shall be nominated by petitions, the blanks for which shall be furnished by the City Clerk-Treasurer. Each Ward Candidate shall obtain the signatures of not less than twenty-five (25) registered electors who are residents of the same ward and each at large Candidate shall obtain the signatures of not less than twenty-five (25) registered electors of the City at large. Nominating petitions shall be filed at the City Clerk-Treasurer's Office by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the August Primary Election.
Each elector signing shall add his/her residential street and number and the date of signature. No electors shall sign petitions for more candidates for any office than the number to be elected to such office, and should he do so, the signatures bearing the most recent date shall be invalidated, and if he should sign more than one on the same date, neither shall be validated. No petition shall be left for signatures in any public place unless accompanied by the circulator of the petition. When a petition is filed by persons other than the person whose name appears thereon as a candidate, it may be accepted only when accompanied by the written consent of the candidate.