§ 9.01 NOMINATIONS.

   There shall be no primary election for municipal offices. Nominations for elective offices of the municipality shall be made by petition only, signed by not less than 25 qualified electors on the standard forms as prescribed by the Board of Elections for the nomination of non-partisan candidates for such office, filed with the Board of Elections at least 90 days before the day of election.  Each candidate shall file a separate petition; group petitions shall not be used.  The petition may be in a number of parts; but, each part shall be verified under oath by the circulator as required by the election laws of the State of Ohio.

(Revision approved by the voters 11-8-16)

§ 9.02 BALLOTS.

   The full names of all candidates nominated shall be printed on the official ballot as prescribed by the Board of Elections without party designation.  If two or more candidates with the same surname, or with names so similar as to be likely to cause confusion, are nominated, the addresses of the places of residence shall be placed below their names on the ballot.  The names of all candidates shall be rotated on the ballot as provided by law.

§ 9.03 ELECTIONS.

   The regular municipal election shall by held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years.

§ 9.04 SPECIAL ELECTIONS.

   The Council may by resolution order a special election to be held at any time, the purpose and date of which shall be set forth in the resolution.  Such resolution shall be certified within 5 days to the Board of Elections of Miami County which shall conduct the election at the time fixed in such resolution.

§ 9.05 QUALIFICATIONS.

   All citizens qualified as voters by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Ohio shall be qualified electors of the Municipality of Tipp City within the meaning of this Charter.

ARTICLE X INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL

§ 10.01 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.

   (A)   Ordinances and resolutions may be proposed by initiative petition and adopted by election and ordinances and resolutions adopted by Council shall be subject to referendum as provided by the Constitution and Laws of Ohio, except:

      (1)   Initiative and referendum petitions shall be filed with the Clerk of Council who shall within twenty (20) days of the filing date of the petition, deliver to the Board of Elections for certification of the text. Upon receipt of the certification from the Board of Elections, the Clerk of Council shall promptly notify the Council and the petitioner.

      (2)   Ordinances and resolutions initiated by petition or subjected to referendum shall be submitted to the electors for approval or rejection at the next general or primary election occurring subsequent to ninety (90) days after certification of the text of the ordinance or resolution to the Board of Elections, unless Council, by a majority vote of its members, submits such ordinances or resolutions for approval or rejection at a special election.

   (B)   Upon receipt of a written notice of intention to circulate initiative or referendum petitions by any person, the Director of Law shall provide copies of applicable state statutes referred to in Division (A) of this section to the person filing the notice within three days after receipt of the notice.  The Director of Law shall not be required to give advice to the person filing the notice concerning the provisions of this Charter or the statutes relating to initiative or referendum.  This Division is declared to be directory only and not mandatory, and the filing of a notice, as authorized under this Division, is not a prerequisite to the filing of initiative or referendum petitions.

(Revision approved by the voters 11-3-92)