Issue 20: City of Maumee charter amendment on nominations and primaries (by petition)

The question, as printed on the ballot

Shall Article VIII, Sections 2 and 3 of the Charter of the City of Maumee be amended and/or rewritten as follows? SECTION 2 NOMINATION PROCEDURE The nominating petition shall contain a statement of candidacy, which shall designate a committee to represent the candidate. Both the nominating petition and statement of candidacy shall be the form prescribed by the Ohio Secretary of State for nominating petitions, and shall be signed, circulated, and filed in accordance with the provisions of the Ohio Revised Code. SECTION 3 PRIMARY ELECTION With the exceptions as set forth in Section 2 above, a non-partisan primary election shall be conducted by the election authorities on such dates as prescribed by the laws of the State of Ohio, which laws shall apply to all primary elections of each year in which a regular municipal election is held if there are more than double the number of candidates to be elected to the office of Mayor or to the office of member of Council. There shall not be a primary election if there are fewer candidates than as set forth above.