The method of nomination of the elective officers shall be by petition signed by not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty qualified electors of the city. No person shall sign his or her name to a greater number of petitions for office than there will be persons elected to said office at said election. Where the signature of any individual appears on more petitions than he or she is so permitted to sign, such signatures shall be counted only to the extent he or she is so permitted to sign in the order of the respective dates of filing the petitions containing such signatures.
Nominating petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk by 4:00 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday preceding the election. The Clerk shall publish notice of the last day so permitted for filing petitions at least one week before, and not more than three weeks before, such last day.
The form of petition shall be substantially as that designated by the Secretary of State for the nomination of non-partisan judicial officers. A supply of official petition forms shall be provided by the Clerk.
(Amended 11-5-20)