a. A nomination petition shall contain the name of the office to be filled, the candidate’s name, and the candidate’s residence address. The petition shall be signed only by qualified electors who have not signed the nomination petition of another candidate for that office.

b. Nomination petitions for the office of Mayor shall be captioned "Nomination Petition For Mayor," followed by the language of the petition in substantially the following form:

NOMINATION PETITION FOR MAYOR

I, the undersigned, a qualified elector residing within the City of Phoenix, Arizona, do

hereby join in a petition for the nomination of ____________ who resides at ____________ in the City of Phoenix, Arizona, for the office of Mayor, to be voted for at the municipal election to be held in the City of Phoenix, on the ___ day of ____________, 20___, and I hereby affirm that I am qualified to vote for this office, that I have not signed and will not sign a petition nominating any other candidate for the above named office, and that my actual residence is as set opposite my name below. I further declare that if I choose to use a post office box address on this petition, my residence address has not changed since I last reported it to the County Recorder for purposes of updating my voter registration file.

c. Nomination petitions for the office of City Council member shall be captioned "Nomination Petition For City Council Member," followed by the language of the petition in substantially the following form:

NOMINATION PETITION FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

I, the undersigned, a qualified elector residing within District ____________ of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, hereby join in a petition for the nomination of ____________, who resides at ____________ in the City of Phoenix, Arizona, for the office of City Council Member from District _________, to be voted for at the municipal election to be held in the City of Phoenix, on the ______ day of ____________, 20__, and I hereby affirm that I am qualified to vote for this office, that I have not signed and will not sign a petition nominating any other candidate for the above named office, and that my actual residence is as set opposite my name below. I further declare that if I choose to use a post office box address on this petition, my residence address has not changed since I last reported it to the County Recorder for purposes of updating my voter registration file.

d. Nomination petitions shall be on paper eight and one-half inches long and fourteen inches wide.

e. A photograph of the candidate may appear on the nomination petition.

f. The petition shall contain fifteen lines spaced no less than five-sixteenths of an inch apart and consecutively numbered one through fifteen.

g. The signature portion of the petition shall be divided into columns headed by the titles: signature; printed name; actual residence address, description of place of residence, or Arizona post office box address, city or town and zip code; and date signed.

h. A certificate in substantially the following form shall appear below the signature portion of a petition for Mayor:

CERTIFICATE

I, the undersigned, qualified to register to vote in the State of Arizona, do hereby certify that each of the signatures appearing on this petition sheet was signed in my presence on the date indicated and that to the best of my knowledge and belief all the signers of this nomination petition are qualified electors of the City of Phoenix, Arizona.

i. A certificate in substantially the following form shall appear below the signature portion of a petition for City Council Member:

CERTIFICATE

I, the undersigned, qualified to register to vote in the State of Arizona, do hereby certify that each of the signatures appearing on this petition sheet was signed in my presence on the date indicated and that to the best of my knowledge and belief all the signers of this nomination petition are qualified electors of the Council District the candidate named on this petition seeks to represent.

j. The nomination petition of a person seeking to fill an unexpired vacant term for any City elective office shall designate the expiration date of the term following the name of the office being sought. (Ord. No. G-5390, § 1, 2009; Ord. No. G-5560, § 1, 2010; Ord. No. G-5737, 2012)