07-19 Primary for Municipal Court Judge

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(c) Election Procedures. Write -in votes for municipal candidates in regular municipal elections shall be permitted only if a duly nomi- nated candidate cannot participate due to death or other disqualifi- cation, or if a candidate does not have an opponent, or if no candi- date has been nominated. The ballots used in the primary and regu- lar municipal elections shall be without party mark or designation. The names of all candidates shall be placed upon the same ballot and shall be rotated in the manner provided by general law. (d) Certificate of Nomination when no Primary is Held. In the event a primary election is not held, the county board of elections shall declare each candidate to be nominated, issue appropriate cer- tificates of nomination to them and certify their names in order that they be printed on the official ballots provided for use in the regu- lar municipal election, as if a primary election had been held and each person had been nominated at that election. (e) Designation of Candidates. Candidates for nominations to elec- tive offices provided for in this charter shall have their names printed on the official primary ballot by filing a declaration of can - didacy, meeting all required 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 90th day before the day of the municipal primary election, file a decla- ration of candidacy. Except as otherwise required by this charter, the general law of the state shall govern declarations of candidacy. Nominations for each elective municipal office shall be made by petition only, on standard forms provided by the county board of elections for the nomination of nonpartisan candidates. Declara- tions of candidacy for write -in candidates shall be made on stand- ard 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 elec- tions shall be determined by the election authorities in accordance with general law. (h) Nomination and Election of Judges. Candidates for judge of the Lakewood Municipal Court shall file a declaration of candidacy and be nominated by petition signed by at least 200 registered vot- ers of the city. The petition or petitions when filed shall be accom- panied by the written acceptance of the nominee. Each signer of a petition shall sign his or her name and after his or her name desig- nate his or her residence. The petition or petitions shall be filed