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SECT[ON 6. DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY. Candidates for the offices of Hayor and member of Coundl shall, not later than 4:00 p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of the primary election, file a declaration of candidacy as required by general law. Except as otherwise required by this Charter, the general law of the state of Ohio shall govern such declarations of candidacy. Nominations for each elective munidpal office shall be made by petition only, on standard forms provided by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections for the nomination of non-partisan candidates. SECT[ON 7. BALLOT FORk1 Except at otherwise required by this Charter, the form of the ballot at pdmary, special and regUlar munidpal elections shall be determined by the election authorities in accordance with general law. SECT[ON 8. NOMINATZON AND ELECTZON OF ]UDGES Candidates for .ludge of the Lakewood Munldpal Court shall be nominated by petition signed by at least two hundred (200) qualified electors of the City of Lakewood, Ohio. Such petition or petitions when filed shall be accompanied by the written acceptance of the nominee. Each signer of a petition shall sign his or her name and at, er his or her name designate his or her residence. Such petition or petitions shall be filed with the Board of Bections of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, as one instrument at least ninety (90) days pdor to the date of the hold of the election for the office of ]udge. The names of all candidates thus nominated shall appear on a nonpartisan judidal ballot in the regular municipal election. There shall not be a primary election in regard to judidal candidates. Section 3. The ballots for said election shall, at the top thereof, be entitled ~Proposed Charter Amendment, City of Lakewood" and the question to be subm~ on said Ballot shall be in the following words: ~Shall Article X[X of the Charter of the City, Elections, be amended to provide for non- partisan elections to be held in all candidate elections in the future in the City of Lakewood?" In the app?opriate position shall appear the words ~Yes" and ~No". Section 4. Notice of the proposed munidpal charter amendment may be given by newspaper advertising as is provided by law. Section 5. The Clerk of Council is directed to certify a copy of this ordinance to the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County, and to take all further action required by law relative to the submission of said amendment at said election. Section 6. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lakewood, the Immediate emergency being the necessity of forthwith submission of the proposed Charter Amendment to the electors of the City of Lakewood as provided by law. Therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. Section 7. That the foregoing proposed Amendment shall become effective immediately uPon its adoption. Section 8. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Coundl concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Coundl and of any of its committees that