(a) The Clerk - Treasurer shall accept for filing only such nominating petitions for qualified candidates as are on forms that contain the required number of signatures.
(b) Within five days after receiving any nominating petition, the Clerk - Treasurer shall determine the sufficiency of the signatures on each petition. If any petition is found not to contain the required number of legal signatures, the Clerk -Treasurer shall immediately notify the candidate, in writing, of the insufficiency of the petition. The candidate may then obtain additional signatures from registered electors and may present the additional signatures to the Clerk - Treasurer. In no case shall a petition or supplemental signatures be filed and accepted after the latest date and time for receiving petitions. The Clerk - Treasurer shall proceed to examine the amended petition and determine whether the petition can then be certified.
(c) If either the original or the amended petition of nomination contains the appropriate number of signatures, the Clerk - Treasurer shall mark the petition as “approved,” indicate the date of the approval, and file the petition.