§ 10.104. Candidates; statement required, form; petition, form.

Sec. 4.4. Any person desiring to become a candidate for nomination to any elective office at any primary election shall, on or before four o'clock p.m. of the first Monday in February ^[]** preceding the primary election, file with the clerk a statement of such candidacy, in substantially the following form:

State of Michigan, Macomb County, ss.

I, (___________), being first duly sworn, say that I reside at No. ___________ Streets, City of St. Clair Shores, County of Macomb, State of Michigan; that I am an elector in said city and will have resided therein for at least two (2) years immediately prior to the election to be held on May _____, 19___; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of ___________ to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on Tuesday, the _____ day of March, 19___, and that I possess the legal qualifications therefor, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination at such primary election for such office.

Signed _____

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this _____ day of _______, 19___.

Signed _____

Notary Public, Macomb County, Michigan
My commission expires _____

Each candidate shall at the same time file therewith the petition of at least fifty (50) and not more than one hundred (100) registered electors requesting such candidacy.

Such petition shall be in substantially the following form:

Petition Accompanying Nominating Statement

The undersigned, duly registered electors of the City of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, and residing at the places set opposite our respective signatures hereto, do hereby request that the name of (name candidate) be placed on the ballot as a candidate for nomination for (name of office) at the primary election to be held in said City of St. Clair Shores on Tuesday, the _____ day of March, 19___. We further state that we know him to be a qualified elector of said city and a person of good character and qualified in our judgment for the duties of such office.

Names of Registered Electors	No. Street	Date of Signing
_____	_____	_____
_____	_____	_____
_____	_____	_____

 

It shall be unlawful for any person to sign more petitions for any office than there are persons to be elected to such office. Upon receipt of any such petition the city clerk shall affix his certificate thereto certifying as to the number of signers who are registered electors of the city according to the records in his office.

(char. eff. Jan. 15, 1951; amend. Dec. 13, 1966)