28-16 Submit the Third Amended Charter to the Electors

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(d) Certificate of Nomination when no Primary is Held. In the event a pri- mary election is not held, the county board of elections shall declare each candidate to be nominated, issue appropriate certificates of nomination to them and certify their names in order that they be printed on the official ballots provided for use in the regular municipal election, as if a primary election had been held and each person had been nominated at that elec- tion. (e) Designation of Candidates. Candidates for nominations to elective of- fices provided for in this charter shall have their names printed on the offi- cial primary ballot by filing a declaration of candidacy, meeting all re- quired qualifications and paying any required filing fees. (f) Declarations of Candidacy. Candidates for the offices of mayor and member of council shall, not later than 4:00 P.M. of the 9oth day before the day of the municipal primary election, file a declaration of candidacy. Except as otherwise required by this charter, the general law of the state shall govern declarations of candidacy. Nominations for each elective mu- nicipal office shall be made by petition only, on standard forms provided by the county board of elections for the nomination of nonpartisan candi- dates. Declarations of candidacy for write -in candidates shall be made on standard forms provided by the county board of elections and submitted within a period of time prescribed by the general law of the state. (g) Ballot Form. Except as otherwise required by this charter, the form of the ballot at primary, special and regular municipal elections shall be de- termined by the election authorities in accordance with general law. (h) Nomination and Election of Judges. Candidates for judge of the Lake- wood Municipal Court shall be nominated by petition signed by at least 20o registered voters of the city. The 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 after his or her name designate his or her residence. The petition or petitions shall be filed with the county board of elections as one instrument at least 90 days prior to the date of the election for the office of judge. The names of all nominated candidates shall appear on a nonpartisan judicial ballot in the regular municipal elee- tion. There shall not be a primary election to nominate judicial candidates. 9.2 INITIATIVE emst