(a) The Clerk - Treasurer shall inform the public by published notice of the latest date and time for receiving nominating petitions. This notice shall appear not less than 10 days prior to the deadline for receiving nominating petitions.
(b) A person seeking to qualify a person as a candidate for any elective office under this Charter shall file with the Clerk - Treasurer a properly completed nominating petition on a form secured from the Office of the Clerk - Treasurer. The form of petition for nomination shall be substantially as that required by State law for nonpartisan petitions. The Clerk - Treasurer shall maintain a supply of official petition forms and, upon request, furnish a reasonable number of nominating petitions.
(c) A nominating petition shall include the signatures of at least 15 but not more than 25 registered electors of the City. Each petition shall contain the name of only one candidate. A person shall not sign more nominating petitions for an office than there are persons to be elected to that office.
(d) Each candidate for elective office shall file with his or her petition an affidavit of identity as provided by State law. The affidavit shall include the name, address, number of years the candidate has been a resident of the State, County, and City and any other information required by State law. Failure to file the affidavit with the nominating petition shall invalidate a candidate’s petition.