§ 24. Nomination for councilman.

Any qualified elector of the village may be nominated for the council by petition. A petition for this purpose shall be signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified electors and filed with the village clerk not less than thirty (30) days prior to the election date. No elector shall sign more than three (3) such petitions, and should an elector do so, his signature shall be voided except as to the petition first filed. The signatures on the nominating petition need not all be subscribed to one paper, but to each separate paper there shall be attached a signed statement of the circulator thereof, stating the number of signers of such paper and that each signature appended thereto was made in his presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. With each signature, including the signature of the circulator, shall be stated the place of residence of the signer, giving the street and number or other description sufficient to identify it. The form of the nominating petition shall be substantially as follows:

"We, the undersigned electors of Miami Shores Village, hereby nominate ____________ , for the office of Councilman.

Name, Street and Number Address from which last registered (if different) Date of Signing.

(SPACES FOR SIGNATURE AND REQUIRED DATA)

Statement of Circulator

The undersigned is the circulator of the foregoing paper containing ____________ signatures. Each appended thereto was made in my presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.

Signature of Circulator _____

Address _____

Acceptance of Nomination

I hereby accept the nomination for the Council and agree to serve if elected.

Signature of Candidate _____ "

Within ten (10) days after the filing of a nominating petition the village clerk shall notify the candidate and the person who filed the petition whether or not it is found to be signed by the required number of qualified electors. If a petition is found insufficient, the village clerk shall return it immediately to the person who filed it with a statement certifying wherein the petition is found insufficient. Within the regular time for filing petitions such a petition may be amended and filed again as a new petition or a different petition may be filed for the same candidate. Such petitions shall be preserved by the village clerk until the results of the election in which such person so nominated is voted upon are canvassed whereupon the petitions shall be destroyed.

If the death, withdrawal or removal from the ballot of a qualified candidate following the end of the qualifying period results in a number of candidates that does not exceed the number of vacancies, the qualifying period shall be reopened for a period through and including the twenty-first (21st) day prior to the election date.

(Res. No. 599, Charter Amend. No. 2, 1-6-76; Ord. No. 536, § 1, 6-4-91)

Editor's note

Mention of freeholder requirement was deleted as of doubtful constitutionality.