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d) CHAPTER 4 NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS Section 4.1. The Regular Municipal Election. A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year, commencing in 1984, at such places as the city council shall designate. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given by the city clerk by posting a notice thereof in at least one public place in each election precinct, and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the city stating the time and the places of holding such election and of the officers to be elected. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Elected and qualified officers provided for by this charter shall assume the duties of office to which they were elected on the first business day in January following such election. Section 4.2. Filing for Office. No earlier than seventy days nor later than fifty-six days before any municipal election, any resident and registered voter of the city qualified under state statutes for elective office may, by filing an affidavit and by paying a filing fee to the city clerk in an amount as set by ordinance, have his/her name placed on the municipal election ballot. Section 4.4. Special and Advisory Elections Except for Elected Office. The council may by resolution order any special or advisory election deemed appropriate' by the council, for any reason, and provide all means for holding it. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given by the city clerk by posting a notice thereof in at least one public place in each election precinct, and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the city stating the time and the places of holding such election. Section 4.5. Vacancy of Municipal Elected Office. 4.5.2. The city clerk shall give at least sixty days published prior notice of such special election, except as set forth under 4.5.5. of this section. e) CHAPTER 5 INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL Section 5.2. General Provisions for Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered voters of the city whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition may consist of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.5., 5.7. or 5.8. which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall be a registered voter of the city and shall sign his/her name and give his/her street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath, that each signature appended thereto was made in his/her presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the city and registered to vote. Any person whose name appears on a petition may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing filed with the city clerk before said city clerk advises the council of the sufficiency of the petition.