§ 168.644eOdd year general election; nomination at odd year primary election; candidate

filing deadline or certification deadline.
 Sec. 644e.
    Except as provided in section 642, an officer required to be elected at the odd year general
 election must be nominated at the odd year primary election. If a charter provides for
 nomination by caucus or by filing a petition or affidavit directly for the general election, the
 candidate filing deadline or certification deadline is 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the
 odd year general election. If a charter provides for the election at the primary of a candidate


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 who receives more than 50% of the votes cast for that office, the candidate filing deadline or
 certification deadline is 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the primary.