Candidate Information
GENERAL ELECTION DATE:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICES
OFFICES TO BE FILLED:
Mayor - One (1) to be elected for two (2) year term.
Council members - Three (3) to be elected for four (4) year terms.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE:
- Pursuant to Section 5.1 of the City Charter, candidates for
office must be qualified and registered electors of the City prior
to the last day for filing petitions for such office and shall not
have been found guilty of a felony.
NOMINATING PETITIONS AND FILING INFORMATION:
- Petitions and Affidavits must clearly state the office for
which the candidate is filing.
- Nominating petitions shall be in the form approved and
designated by the Secretary of State for the nomination of
non-partisan offices. These forms are available at the City Clerk’s
Office.
- Pursuant to Section 3.18 of the City Charter, it shall be
necessary to obtain at least 100 and not more than 200 qualified
signatures or in lieu thereof, a candidate may in writing notify the
Clerk that he/she is a candidate for a designated office, giving
his/her legal name and address, and pay One Hundred ($100) Dollars.
- Persons signing petitions must be registered to vote in the
City of Novi and must fill in all information requested on the
petition.
- No person shall sign the petition of more than one (1) person
for the Office of Mayor, and more than three (3) petitions for the
Office of Council member - Four (4) Year Term.
THE PETITIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED AT THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE BETWEEN
MAY 18 AND JUNE 8 2007, AT 4:00 O’CLOCK PM PREVAILING TIME IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CHARTER SECTION 3.18.
PLEASE NOTE:
- AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTITY, declaring that the candidate is properly
qualified to seek the office and will serve if elected, must be
submitted along with each set of petitions as required by Section
3.18 of the Novi City Charter and Public Act 394 of 1984, Section
168.558. These forms are available at the City Clerk’s Office.
- If a candidate has had a name change, an AFFIDAVIT OF CHANGE OF
NAME must be filed with each set of petitions. This form is
available at the Office of the County Clerk.
- Nominating petitions shall be open to the public for inspection
in the Office of the City Clerk in accordance with Michigan Law
168.555.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION:
- Campaign finance is under the jurisdiction of the County Clerk.
Candidates should check with the County Clerk regarding Campaign
Finance, Act P.A. 388 of 1976 as soon as nominating petitions are
filed. County Clerk’s Phone Number: 248- 858-0564.
MARYANNE CORNELIUS
City Clerk
Phone: 248-347-0456
Fax: 248-347-0577
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
State and local candidates are required to comply with the
financial disclosure requirements provided under Michigan’s Campaign
Finance Act, P.A. 388 of 1976. Candidates who seek a school board
position in a primary or fourth class school district and candidates
who seek a precinct delegate position are exempt from the Act’s
filing requirements. For further information contact your local
county clerk or the Michigan Department of State’s Bureau of
Elections in Lansing.
Candidates who seek a federal office should contact the Federal
Election Commission, 999 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20463 for
information on their financial disclosure requirements. Toll free
line (800) 424-9530.
PETITION CIRCULATION
- Before circulating a city/township, village, school or
precinct delegate petition sheet, the circulator must enter the
county and the city, township or village of circulation in the
space provided at the top of the sheet. The signers of the sheet
must reside within the listed city, township or village. No more
than one county and one city, township or village can be listed on
a sheet. If listing a city or a township that shares a name with
another city or township in the county, the circulator must
indicate whether the jurisdiction listed is the "city" or the
"township". The circulator’s failure to make this distinction will
invalidate the sheet.
- The circulator must complete and date the certificate at the
bottom of the sheet after gathering the last signature he or she
intends to collect on the sheet. Signatures on a petition sheet
that are dated after the date on the circulator’s certificate are
invalid.
- A petition sheet cannot be circulated by more than one person.
PETITION CIRCULATORS
Petition circulators must be registered to vote in Michigan.
Circulators of petitions for local offices may be required to reside
in political jurisdiction of circulation; check state law and local
regulations for requirements.
ADDITIONAL FILING REQUIREMENTS
- A candidate who seeks a public office in Michigan must submit
an Affidavit of Identity (two copies) when filing for the office.
This requirement does not apply to a candidate seeking a precinct
delegate position.
- Any candidate who has changed his or her name under Michigan
law within the last 12 years must submit a Change of Name
Affidavit when filing for office. This requirement does not apply
to a candidate who has experienced a name change through marriage.
- Any candidate who has changed his or her name through
naturalization within the last 10 years must submit a Change of
Name Affidavit when filing for office.
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