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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.
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.
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.