There shall be no primary election for the selection of candidates for any elective office of this Municipality, except under the circumstances identified below in Section 6.03(a) for mayoral non-partisan primary elections.
Nominations for each elective municipal office shall be made by petition only, on the standard forms provided by the Board of Elections for the nomination of non-partisan candidates, filed with such Board at least ninety (90) days before the day of the general municipal election for any City Council position, and ninety (90) days before the day of the non-partisan primary election for the office of Mayor.
Each candidate shall be nominated by a separate petition; group petitions shall not be used.
Each petition for the nomination of a candidate for the office of Mayor shall be signed by not fewer than one hundred (100) electors of the Municipality. Each petition for the nomination of a candidate for an office, other than that of Mayor, filled by election at large shall be signed by not fewer than seventy-five (75) electors of the Municipality. Each petition for the nomination of a candidate for an office filled by election from a ward shall be signed by not fewer than fifty (50) electors from such ward. (Amended 11-6-12; 11-6-18.)