§ C-18.2. Candidates.
A.
Any person desiring to be a candidate for an elective office under the terms of this subtitle shall file, not fewer than forty-five (45) days previous to the date of election, with the Ethics Commission a financial disclosure statement under oath and, with the Board of Election Supervisors, a petition under oath setting forth the following:
(1)
That said candidate is a registered voter of the town,
(2)
That said candidate will have attained the required age for the office he or she is seeking on or before election day,
(3)
That said candidate has been a resident of the town for not fewer than six (6) months immediately preceding the date of election,
(4)
The ward in which said candidate resides, and
(5)
The name of the office sought; provided, a candidate for council shall reside in the ward where such person seeks office, and provided further that no person may be a candidate for more than one office at any one election. The board shall certify petitions meeting the terms of this section and shall cause to be given general publicity within the town the names of certified candidates with the names of the offices they seek, and shall post all of such names and offices conspicuously at the polls.
(Added by Ord. No. 1-76; Amended by Res. No. 86-5; Res. No. 88-4, § 1; Res. No. 2-91, § 1, 12-12-91)