Nominations and primary election generally.
16.   Section 3. Candidates to be voted for at all municipal elections shall be nominated by a primary election and no other names shall be placed upon the general ballot, except those selected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. On and after February 22, 2005 the primary election for such nomination shell be held on the fourth Tuesday of February 2005 and on the fourth Tuesday in February every four (4) years thereafter. The primary election shall be held in the same place, so far as possible, and the polls will be opened and closed at the same hours as are required by the general election laws of the State of Michigan.
(Res. of 2-10-97, § 1(a); Res. of 10-18-04; Res. of 9-22-08, § 1)
Editor’s note:
   At the direction of the city, § 3 has been amended to its original condition.
   Per M.C.L.A. § 168.322, the candidate filing deadline or certification deadline is 4:00 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the May election.
   Res. 2016-243, based on M.C.L.A. § 168.642, eliminated the February primary.
   The above paragraph appears as amended by the electorate on 4-3-1993, 4-3-1950 and 4-7-1997. The above paragraph was additionally amended by resolution on 10-18-2004, as a result of Public Act 298 of 2005.
Statutory reference:
   Odd year primary elections, see M.C.L.A. §§ 168.644b et seq.
   Primary elections, see M.C.L.A. §§ 168.531 et seq.