Nominations for elective offices other than the office of Mayor shall be made by petition only, signed by not less than twenty-five (25) registered voters, on the standard forms for the nomination of non-partisan candidates for such office, filed with the Board of Elections at least ninety (90) days before the day of election. Such nominating petitions shall not be circulated prior to one hundred fifty (150) days before said election. Each candidate shall file a separate petition; group petitions shall not be used. The signature of the candidate indicating acceptance of the nomination and willingness to accept the office if elected, shall appear on each copy of any nominating petition. The petition may be in a number of parts, but each part shall be verified under oath by the circulator as required by law.
Qualified candidates for the office of Mayor, shall be nominated at a non-partisan primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year in which an election for the office of Mayor is conducted.
Candidates for the office of Mayor at any regular Municipal election shall be the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election. In the event that no more than two persons have filed nomination petitions for the office of Mayor, then said persons shall be candidates at the regular Municipal election and the primary election for the office of Mayor shall not be held.
Each person desiring to become a candidate for the office of Mayor shall, not later than 4:00 pm of the seventy-fifth day before the primary election date set by this Charter, file with the Board of Elections a nominating petition with the signatures of registered electors residing in the City of Twinsburg as follows: not less than fifty (50) nor more than one hundred and fifty (150).
(Amended November 7, 2006)
(Amended November 7, 2006)