§ 13.8. Approval of Petitions.  


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  • The Clerk shall accept for filing only nominating petitions on official blanks furnished by him which contain the required number of signatures of qualified and registered electors of the city. Within five days after receiving any nominating petition, the Clerk shall determine the sufficiency of the number and genuineness of the signatures on each petition filed, and, if he finds that any petition does not contain the required signatures of qualified and registered electors, he shall immediately notify the candidate, in writing, of the insufficiency of his petition. Each petition which is found by the Clerk to contain the required signatures of qualified and registered electors shall be marked "valid," with the date thereof.