Section 3.8 Public Inspection of Petitions:

   All nomination petitions shall be open to public inspection in the office of the Clerk beginning five (5) days after the final filing date for such petitions.

Section 3.9 Election Commission:

   An election commission is hereby created, consisting of the clerk and two members of the Commission who are not candidates for office. The Clerk shall be chairman. The commission shall have charge of all activities and duties required of election commissions in cities by state law and this charter, relating to the conduct of electors in the city. The compensation of election personnel shall be determined in advance by the Commission. In any case where election procedure is in doubt, the election commission shall prescribe the procedure to be followed.

Section 3.10 Election Inspectors:

   The election commission shall before each election appoint for each precinct of the City a board of inspectors of election consisting of not less than three qualified electors, and shall fix their compensation. Election inspectors shall have qualifications which comply with the state law.

Section 3.11 Notice of Election:

   Notice of the time and place of holding any City election and of the officers to be elected and the questions and propositions to be voted upon shall be given by the Clerk by publishing such notice not less than ten days prior to such election.

Section 3.12 Voting Hours:

   The polls of all elections shall be opened and closed at the time prescribed by statute for the opening and closing of polls at state elections.

Section 3.13 Form of Ballot:

   The form, printing and numbering of ballots in all city elections shall conform as nearly as may be to that prescribed by statute, except that no party designation or emblem shall appear. In all elections, the names of qualified candidates shall be rotated systematically in the manner prescribed by statute for rotation of names.

Section 3.14 Special Elections:

   Special city elections shall be held when called by resolution of the Commission at least forty-five days in advance of such election with the concurrence of the County Election Scheduling Committee, or when required by this charter or statute. Any resolution calling a special election shall set forth the purpose of such election. The Commission shall not call more special elections within any year than the number permitted by statute.