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SECTION 5.04 NOMINATIONS.
   There shall be no primary election for municipal offices. Nominations for the office of Mayor or Councilmember shall be made by petition only, on the standard forms provided by the Montgomery County Board of Elections for the nomination of nonpartisan candidates for such offices. Petitions shall be filed with said Board of Elections at least ninety days before the day of election. Candidates for Mayor shall file petitions containing no less than 50 nor more than 100 signatures of registered voters. Candidates for Councilmember shall file petitions containing no less than 25 nor more than 50 signatures of registered voters. However, write-in Candidates shall be permitted for the office of Mayor or Councilmember in accordance with the Ohio Election laws.
 
SECTION 5.05 SPONSORS; ACCEPTANCE.
   Each candidate may have a sponsoring committee of five qualified voters, whose names and addresses shall appear on each copy of his petition. Each candidate shall file a separate petition; group petitions shall not be used. The signature of the candidate indicating his acceptance of the nomination and willingness to accept the office if elected shall appear on each copy of his petition. The petition may be in a number of parts, but each part shall be completed in compliance with the election laws of the State of Ohio; and all parts shall be assembled by the committee prior to the submission to the Board of Elections.
 
SECTION 5.06 BALLOTS.
   The full names of candidates shall be printed on the official ballot without party designation. If two candidates with same surname, or with names similar enough to cause confusion, are nominated, their residence addresses shall be printed below their names.
 
SECTION 5.07 WATCHERS AND CHALLENGERS.
   At each municipal election, each regularly nominated candidate shall be entitled, on written application to the Board of Elections at least ten (10) days before the election, to appoint one person and one alternate to represent him as a watcher and challenger at each polling place during the casting and counting of ballots, and one person and one alternate to represent him as watcher and challenger during the canvass of votes at the Board of Elections.
 
SECTION 5.08 PLURALITY.
   A plurality of valid votes cast shall be sufficient to elect.
 
SECTION 5.09 PUBLIC INFORMATION ON ISSUES.
   The Council shall have the power to appropriate and authorize the expenditure of public funds to provide information to the members of the public in connection with elections on proposed tax levies and bond issues for the purposes of the Municipality, and other issues affecting the Municipality and not involving the election of candidates to a public office, or the recall of a member of the Council.