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All elections provided for by this Charter, whether for the choice of officers or the submission of questions to the voters, shall be conducted by the election authorities prescribed by general laws and the provisions of the general laws of the State shall apply to all such elections except as provision is otherwise made by this Charter. A regular general election for the choice of Mayor and members of the Council as hereinafter provided, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years.
(Amended by electors 10-8-63)
Candidates for Mayor and Council to be voted for at any regular municipal election under the provisions of this charter shall be nominated at a nonpartisan primary election to be held in odd numbered years on the same date as may be provided in the general laws of the state for the holding of primary elections.
(Amended by electors 10-8-63; 5-3-66; 11-2-21)
The name of any elector of the City shall be placed upon the primary election ballot for nomination as a candidate for Mayor when there shall have been filed with the election authorities a petition signed by not less than seven hundred fifty (750) nor more than fifteen hundred (1500) electors of the City, and for City Council running at-large when there shall have been filed with the election authorities a petition signed by not less than two hundred fifty (250) nor more than five hundred (500) electors of the City, and for City Council running in a district when there shall have been filed with the election authorities a petition signed by not less than fifty (50) nor more than one hundred (100) electors, the form of said petitions to be substantially as follows:
We, the undersigned, hereby present whose residence is Toledo, Ohio, as a candidate for to be voted for at the primary election to be held on the day of , 19 and we individually certify that we are qualified to vote for candidate(s) for
Name Street & No. Ward-Precinct
___________________________________________________________________________________________
State of Ohio, Lucas County, ss:
being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he or she is the circulator of this petition paper and that the signatures appended thereto were made in his or her presence, and are genuine signatures of the persons they purport to be.
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 19 .
Notary Public
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
Signatures to nominating petitions need not be appended to one paper, but to each separate paper there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof, stating that each signature thereto was made in his or her presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Each signer of a petition shall sign his or her name in ink or indelible pencil and, after his or her name, shall designate his or her address by street and number or other description sufficient to identify the place.
All separate papers comprising a nominating petition shall be assembled and filed with the election authorities as one instrument at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of holding the primary election with respect to which such petition is filed. Within ten (10) days after the filing of such nominating petition the election authorities shall notify the person therein as a candidate whether the petition is found to satisfy all the prescribed conditions. Any eligible person placed in nomination as hereinabove provided shall have his or her name printed on the ballots for the primary election if, within five (5) days after such notification, he or she shall have filed with the election authorities a written acceptance of nomination.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
The number of candidates at the regular City election shall be the two (2) candidates for the office of Mayor receiving the highest number of votes in the primary election; for the office of member of Council at-large shall be twice the number to be elected who receive the highest number of votes in the primary election; and in addition to the foregoing, commencing with the primary election in 1993, candidates for Council from a district shall be the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes within the district. In case there shall not be more than two (2) lawful candidates for Mayor, or not more than twice the number of lawful candidates for the office of member of Council, or not more than two (2) lawful candidates for member of Council from a district, to be elected at the regular City election, then in any or all such cases the full number of candidates for Mayor or for Council at such primary election shall be the candidates at the regular City election.
(Amended by electors 11-3-92)
If there is a vacancy in the office of Mayor, or member of Council, from a district or at-large, the vacancy shall be filled first by appointment or succession to the office as specified in this Charter and filled for the unexpired term at an election for that purpose as specified below.
If there is a vacancy in the office of Mayor or Member of Council at-large, an election for the unexpired term shall be held at the next general election occurring more than ninety (90) days after the date of the vacancy. Persons desiring to become candidates for the office shall file nominating petitions as provided in this Charter with the election authorities not later than the sixtieth day before the said election. If the vacancy occurs in the year that the election for that office is already scheduled, then the person appointed shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified.
If there is a vacancy in the office of a member of Council from a district, the vacancy shall be filled at the next primary or general election occurring more than forty-five (45) but less than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date the vacancy occurred, but if no primary or general election is scheduled during that time period, then the vacancy shall be filled at a special election on the next available special election date as specified in state law occurring more than forty-five (45) days after the vacancy occurred. Each person desiring to become a candidate to fill the unexpired term shall file nominating petitions with the election authorities as provided in this Charter not later than the tenth day following the date on which the vacancy occurred, or on the fortieth day before the date of the election, which is later, provided that when the vacancy occurs fewer than six (6) days before the fortieth day before the election, the deadline for filing shall be the thirty-sixth day before that election.
In the event application of the foregoing paragraph would result in holding an election to fill an unexpired term on the same date as a regularly scheduled primary or general municipal election held to nominate or elect an individual to serve for the next succeeding term, or within sixty (60) days prior thereto, then there shall be no election for the unexpired term and instead the appointee shall serve until the new officer is elected and qualified for the next succeeding term.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
No ballot used at any City election shall have printed thereon any party or political designation, emblem or mark of any kind or character, and there shall not be appended to the name of any candidate any such party or political designation or mark or anything showing how the candidate is nominated, or indicating the candidate's views or opinions on any matter.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
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