§ 13.7. Nominating Petitions.

A person desiring to qualify as a candidate for any elective office under this charter shall file with the Clerk a properly filled out official nominating petition on a form secured from the office of the Clerk. The Clerk shall prepare and provide such official blank nominating petitions, in substantially the same form as required by law or designated by the Secretary of State for non-partisan judicial officers. Each such petition may be on more than one petition form and shall be signed by not less than fifty nor more than one hundred of the registered electors of the city. Such petitions shall be filed with the Clerk not later than 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every odd-year November election. The Clerk shall publish notice of the last date and time for receiving nominating petitions not less than ten days prior thereto. Before the Clerk shall furnish nominating petitions to any person, he shall enter thereon with typewriter or in ink the name of the candidate and the name of the office for which he is to be a candidate. No petition which has been altered with respect to such entries shall be received by the Clerk for filing under the provisions of this section. Nominating petitions for the purpose of filling a vacancy shall so state in connection with the name of the office for which they are to be used. If any person signs his name to a greater number of petitions that [than] are filed for any office than there will be persons elected to that office, his signature shall be disregarded on all petitions for that office.

(Amended by electors 11-4-86)

State law reference

Mandatory that Charter provide for nomination of elective officers, MCL 117.3(b), MSA 5.2073(b); nonpartisan nominating petitions, MCL 168.544a, MSA 6.1544(1).