(a) Any person desiring to become a candidate for any city office shall be qualified pursuant to section 12-64 of this code and shall file nomination petitions with the city clerk at the city clerk's office, or at a location specified by the city clerk. Nomination petitions shall be in a form prescribed by the city clerk containing the required number of signatures of qualified electors. Nomination petitions shall be filed not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days before the primary election day.
(b) The nomination petitions shall be in substantially the following form:
(1) Petitions shall be on paper eleven (11) inches wide and eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches long.
(2) Petitions shall be headed by a caption stating the purpose of the petition, followed by the body of the petition stating the intent of the petitioners.
(3) There shall be ten (10) lines spaced one-half (1/2) of an inch apart and consecutively numbered one (1) through ten (10).
(4) The signature portion of the petition shall be divided into columns headed by the following titles:
a. Signature.
b. Printed name.
c. Actual residence address, description of place of residence or Arizona post office box address, city or town.
d. Date of signing.
(5) A photograph of the candidate may appear on the nomination petition.
(c) The following shall appear on the petition:
Instructions for circulators
(1) All petitions shall be signed by the circulator.
(2) Circulator is not required to be a resident of this state but otherwise must be qualified to register to vote in this state and, if not a resident of this state, shall register as a circulator with the secretary of state.
(3) Circulator's name shall be typed or printed under the circulator's signature.
(4) Circulator's actual residence address or, if no street address, a description of residence location shall be included on the petition.
(d) The city clerk will not accept supplements to nomination petitions.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)