The name of any qualified elector of the Municipality shall be placed upon the primary election ballot for nomination as a candidate for any elective office of the Municipality when there shall have been filed with the election authorities, a petition or petitions signed by not less than fifty (50) electors nor more than one hundred fifty (150) electors in the case of a candidate for member of Council and by not less than five percent (5%) of the number of electors voting at the last regular municipal election nor more than fifteen percent (15%) thereof in the case of a candidate for any other elective office.
The nominating petition shall contain a statement of candidacy, which shall designate a committee to represent the candidate. Both the nominating petition and statement of candidacy shall be substantially in the form prescribed by the State of Ohio for nominating petitions generally, and shall be signed, circulated, and filed in accordance with the provisions of the Ohio Revised Code.
Nominating petitions shall be filed with the election authorities at least ninety (90) days prior to the date of holding the primary election with respect to which such petition is filed.
The name of the political party, if any, of which the candidate is a member shall be shown upon the ballot at the primary election and at the general election, unless, at the time of filing the petition, the candidate files a personally executed demand that no such political party designation be so shown.
If a person nominated as a candidate as set forth herein dies or withdraws at any time prior to a primary or general election, the vacancy so created may be filled by the committee designated in such nominating petition to represent the candidate. To fill such vacancy, the members of such committee, or a majority of them, shall file with the election authorities, a certificate signed and sworn to under oath by each of them, designating the person they select to fill such vacancy. Such certification shall be accompanied by a written statement of candidacy as set forth above.
(Amended 11-8-05)
(Amended 11-8-05)