Candidates for nomination for each of the elective offices provided for in this Charter shall file petitions for nomination with the Mahoning County Board of Elections not less than ninety (90) days before the day of the primary election. Each candidate shall file a separate petition; group petitions shall not be used.
Such petitions for nomination shall state the name and place of residence of the person whose name is presented for a place upon the ballot and that he is a candidate for the designated office of the Village (or City) of Sebring, Ohio; and shall be signed, under oath, by the candidate. Such petition may be in separate parts, each verified under oath as required by general law, and all parts shall be assembled and filed with the election authorities as one instrument.
Such petitions for nomination shall be signed by not less than fifty (50) and not more than one hundred (100) qualified electors of the Municipality.