SECTION 3. PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

   Candidates for all offices to be voted for at any municipal election under the provisions of this Charter shall be nominated at a non-partisan primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May in odd-numbered years.

   The number of candidates for the Mayor and Ward-Council member at any regular municipal election in the Municipality shall be the two candidates on the primary election ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election. The number of candidates for the office of Council-At-Large at any regular municipal election in the Municipality shall be the six (6) candidates on the primary election ballot receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election.

   In case there shall not be more than two persons who shall have filed petitions for the office of Mayor and Ward-Council member 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. In case there shall not be more than six (6) persons who shall have filed petitions for the office of Council-At-Large as provided for in this Charter, then said persons shall be the candidates at the regular municipal election and the primary for the such office shall not be held.
(Amended 11-3-92.)

SECTION 4. ELECTION PROCEDURES.

   Write-in votes for municipal candidates shall be permitted only if a duly nominated candidate cannot participate due to death or other disqualification; or if each candidate does not have an opponent. The ballots used in municipal elections shall be without party mark or designation of any sort. The names of all candidates shall be placed upon the same ballot and shall be rotated in the manner provided by the general laws of Ohio.

   The three (3) candidates having the highest number of votes cast for the office of Council-At-Large and the person having the highest number of votes for any other elective office shall be declared duly elected. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the laws of the State of Ohio shall govern the nomination and election to elective offices of the Municipality.
(Amended 11-3-92.)

SECTION 5. QUALIFIED ELECTORS.

   Every citizen of the United States who is of the age of eighteen (18) years or over, who possesses the qualifications herein required, shall be entitled to vote at a special, primary, or regular municipal election. No person shall be permitted to vote at any election unless that person has registered to vote, and has been a resident of the State of Ohio for thirty (30) days next preceding the election at which that person desires to vote. A qualified elector who has resided in the State the length of time required herein and who moves from one ward to another within the City of Strongsville shall have the right to vote in such ward provided the Board of Elections shall have corrected that individual's registration to that ward as required by law. No person residing in any City ward shall be entitled to vote at any election or shall sign any nominating, initiative, referendum or recall petition unless that person is duly registered as an elector in the manner provided by law. The term "qualified elector" as used throughout this Charter shall be construed to mean an elector who has complied with the foregoing requirements.
(Enacted 11-6-18)