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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)
SEC. 4.04 NOMINATION PETITIONS.
   The signatures to the nomination petition need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate paper there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof stating the number of signers of such paper and that each signature appended thereto was made in their presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. With each signature shall be stated the place of residence of the signer, giving the street and number or other description sufficient to identify the same. The form of the nomination petition shall be determined by the council substantially as follows:
“NOMINATION PETITION
   “We, the undersigned electors of the city of ____________________________, hereby nominate John Doe, whose residence is _______________________________________________, for the office of ______________________________________, to be voted for at the election to be held on ____ day of _________________, 20______; and we individually certify that we are qualified electors and that we have not signed more nomination petitions of candidates for this office than there are persons to be elected thereto.
            Name                               Street and Number
___________________________________________            ___________________________________________
___________________________________________            ___________________________________________

___________________________________________, being duly sworn, deposes and says that they are the circulator of the foregoing petition paper containing _____________ signatures, and of the signatures appended thereto were made in their presence and are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be.
                                             “Signed                                                           
“Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____________ day of _____________ , 20___.
This petition, if found insufficient by the city clerk, shall be returned to                                                           , at No.                                                           ,                                                            Street.
   “I hereby indicate my willingness to accept the office of                                                            if duly elected thereto.”
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)
SEC. 4.05 PROCEDURE AT ELECTIONS.
   The conduct and procedure of all elections shall be governed by applicable statutes, together with supplementary ordinances, if any, passed by the city council.