(a) Any person desiring to become a write-in candidate for any city office shall be qualified pursuant to section 12-64 of this code and shall file a nomination paper, declaration and financial disclosure statement together at the city clerk's office, or at a location specified by the city clerk.
(1) The nomination paper shall be in a form prescribed by the city clerk stating that the candidate is qualified to hold the office they seek.
(2) The declaration shall include facts sufficient to show that, other than the residency requirement provided in subsection (a) of this section and the satisfaction of any monetary penalties, fines or judgments as prescribed in section 12-69(d) of this code, the candidate will be qualified at the time of election to hold the office the person seeks, and that for any monetary penalties, fines or judgments as prescribed in section 12-69(d) of this code, the candidate has made a complete payment before the time of filing.
(3) The financial disclosure statement shall cover the preceding twelve (12) month period.
(b) A write-in candidate shall file the nomination paper not later than 5:00 p.m. on the fortieth (40th) day before the election.
(c) Any person who does not file a timely nomination paper shall not be counted in the tally of ballots.
(d) Except in cases where the liability is being appealed, the city clerk shall not accept the nomination paper of a write-in candidate if the person is liable for an aggregation of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in fines, penalties, late fees or administrative or civil judgments, including any interest or costs, in any combination, that have not been fully satisfied at the time of the attempted filing of the nomination paper and the liability arose from failure to comply with or enforcement of this code.
(e) A candidate may not file pursuant to this section if any of the following applies:
(1) For a candidate in the primary election, the candidate filed a nomination petition for the current primary election for the office sought and failed to provide a sufficient number of valid petition signatures.
(2) For a candidate in the general election, the candidate ran in the immediately preceding primary election and failed to be nominated to the office sought in the current election.
(3) For a candidate in the general election, the candidate filed a nomination petition for the immediately preceding primary election for the office sought and failed to provide a sufficient number of valid petition signatures.
(4) For a candidate in the general election, the candidate filed a nomination petition for nomination other than by primary for the office sought and failed to provide a sufficient number of valid petition signatures.
(5) The candidate is not qualified pursuant to section 12-64(a-c).
(f) A write-in candidate shall not be declared nominated unless the candidate receives a number of votes equivalent to at least the same number of signatures required for nominating petitions for the same office.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)