SECTION 10.01. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The regular election for the choice of members of Council shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the odd numbered years. This shall be known as the municipal election. Council may, by resolution, order a special election at any time, the purpose of which shall be set forth in the resolution.

SECTION 10.02. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.

Both regular and special municipal elections shall be conducted by the Board of Elections of Montgomery County, Ohio, under the provisions of this Charter. Where the Charter is silent, the provisions of the State election law shall be followed.

SECTION 10.03. NOMINATIONS.

No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for Council. Nominations for the office of Council member shall be made by petition signed by not less than seventy five nor more than 150 electors of the City. Petitions shall be the standard forms for the nomination of individual non-partisan candidates for such office. Group petitions shall not be used. Petitions shall be filed with the Board of Elections at least ninety days before the day of the election. An elector may sign only as many petitions as there are Council members to be elected at the municipal election for which the nominations are made.

SECTION 10.04. SPONSORS, ACCEPTANCE, VERIFICATION.

Each candidate shall have a sponsoring committee of five qualified voters, whose names and addresses shall appear on each copy of his petition. The signature of the candidate indicating his acceptance of the nomination and his willingness to serve if elected shall appear on each copy of his petition. The petition may be a number of parts, but each part shall be verified under oath by the circulator, as required by law.

SECTION 10.05. BALLOTS.

The full names of all candidates nominated shall be printed on the official ballot without party designation. If two candidates with the same surname or with names so similar as to be likely to cause confusion are nominated, the addresses of their places of residence shall be placed below their names on the ballot. The names of all candidates shall be rotated on the ballot as provided by law. If voting machines are used, the names shall be rotated by precincts, as provided by law.

SECTION 10.06. WRITE-INS.

Only in the event that fewer candidates are nominated by petition than there are Council members to be elected at the ensuing election, space shall be provided on the ballot for the writing in at the election of the names of additional persons.