The Clerk shall accept only nomination petitions which conform with the forms provided and maintained by him, and which, considered together, contain the required number of valid signatures for candidates having those qualifications required for elective city office by this charter. All petitions shall be accompanied by the affidavit of qualifications provided for in Section 5.1. 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. The Clerk shall, forthwith after the filing of a petition, notify in writing any candidate whose petition is then known not to meet the requirements of this section, but the failure to so notify any candidate shall in no way prevent a final determination that the petition does not meet such requirements. Within three days after the last date for filing petitions, the Clerk shall make his final determinations as to the validity and sufficiency of each nomination petition and whether or not the candidate has the qualifications required for elective city office by this charter and shall write his determinations thereof on the face of the petition. No petition shall be determined to be valid unless the affidavit of qualifications provided for in Section 5.1 shall be filed with such petition.
The Clerk shall immediately notify in writing the candidate whose name appears thereon of his determinations. Such notice to any candidate whose petition is found invalid or insufficient or who is found not to be qualified shall be delivered by personal messenger if possible. Any candidate whose petition is so found invalid or insufficient shall be allowed to file supplementary or replacement petitions by 5:00 p. m. on the fifth day after the last date for filing original petitions; thereafter no further petitions may be filed.
Statutory reference:
Certification of nominating petitions, see M.C.L.A. § 168.552