(a) Between the sixtieth and the forty-fifth days next prior to the date of the election, the Ballot Commissioners of this City shall prepare from the lists and certificates of announcements, as provided in this article, a sample official ballot, placing thereon the names of all the candidates and, as the case may be, the nonpartisan candidates to be voted for at such election. During the two weeks next preceding the election they shall publish such sample official election ballot as a Class 2-0 legal advertisement, and the publication area for such publication shall be the City. The second publication shall be on the last day upon which each newspaper is published before the election.
(b) The Ballot Commissioners shall determine the total number of official ballots required for conducting the elections in all of the election precincts of the City and shall cause the same to be printed at least forty-two days next preceding the date of the election and made ready for delivery to the several precincts along with other election supplies. The number of official ballots prepared for delivery to a precinct shall not exceed one and one-twentieth times the number of registered voters of such party in that precinct.