CHAPTER 4. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
SEC. 4.01 THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
   A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year commencing in 1971 at such place or places as the city council may designate. The city clerk shall give at least two weeks previous notice of the time and place of holding such election and of the officers to be elected by posting in at least one public place in each voting precinct and by publication at least once in the official newspaper.
SEC. 4.02 SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
   The council may by resolution order a special election and provide all means for holding it. At least two weeks’ published notice of a special election shall be given in the official publication. Failure to give such notice shall invalidate such election.
SEC. 4.03 NOMINATIONS BY PETITION.
   All elective officers provided for by this Charter shall be nominated by petition. The name of any elector of the city shall be printed on the ballot as a candidate for an office whenever a petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) eligible voters of the city has been filed with the city clerk on the elector's behalf during the candidate filing period as determined by law. The city clerk shall immediately check this petition and if found to be insufficient it shall be returned to the circulator within two business days of receipt. No elector shall sign petitions for more candidates for any office than the number of persons to be chosen for that office at the election; should that occur, the signature shall be void as to the petition or petitions last filed.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)
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