There shall be a primary election for the selection of candidates for any elective office of this Municipality, to be held on the date designated by the State of Ohio Board of Elections of each year in which a regular Municipal election is held.
Nominating petitions for each elective Municipal office shall be made on the standard forms provided by the Board of Elections for the nomination of nonpartisan candidates and shall be filed with such Board at least ninety (90) days before the date of the primary election.
Each such petition for the nomination of a candidate for office filled by election at large shall be signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified electors of the Municipality. Each such petition for the nomination of a candidate for office filled by election from a ward shall be signed by not less than twenty-five (25) qualified electors from such ward.
Each candidate shall file a separate petition, group petitions shall not be used. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the holding of a caucus by interested electors for the purpose of selecting nominees for elective offices.
The number of candidates for any office at any regular municipal election in the Municipality at large or in each ward, as the case may be, shall be the two candidates on the primary election ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election, with such ballot allowing one (1) vote for a candidate per office. In case there shall not be for any office more than two persons who shall have filed petitions as provided for in this Charter, then said persons shall be the candidates at the regular Municipal election and the primary for the particular office shall not be held.
The name of each person who is nominated in compliance herewith shall be printed on the official ballot at the general election, and the names of no other candidates shall be printed thereon.
(Amended 11-6-12)
(Amended 11-6-12)