Sec. 1901.07. (A) All municipal court judges shall be | 9 |
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a | 10 |
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any | 11 |
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January | 12 |
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more | 13 |
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on | 14 |
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the | 15 |
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the | 16 |
Revised Code. | 17 |
(B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated | 18 |
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that | 19 |
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the | 20 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court | 21 |
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a | 22 |
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner | 23 |
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge | 24 |
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the | 25 |
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter | 26 |
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative | 27 |
authority of the municipal corporation. | 28 |
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 29 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 30 |
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 31 |
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 32 |
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party | 33 |
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a | 34 |
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of | 35 |
the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election in the | 36 |
form prescribed by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code. The | 37 |
petition shall conform to the requirements provided for those | 38 |
petitions of candidacy contained in section 3513.05 of the Revised | 39 |
Code, except that the petition shall be signed by at least fifty | 40 |
electors of the territory of the court. If no valid declaration of | 41 |
candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political | 42 |
party for election to the office of municipal court judge, or if | 43 |
the number of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for | 44 |
nominations as candidates of one political party for election to | 45 |
the office does not exceed the number of candidates that that | 46 |
party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to | 47 |
the office, no primary election shall be held for the purpose of | 48 |
nominating candidates of that party for election to the office, | 49 |
and the candidates shall be issued certificates of nomination in | 50 |
the manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 51 |
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 52 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 53 |
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 54 |
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 55 |
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates | 56 |
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating | 57 |
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of | 58 |
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of | 59 |
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements | 60 |
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section | 61 |
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be | 62 |
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court. | 63 |
The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a | 64 |
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for | 65 |
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular | 66 |
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall | 67 |
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan, | 68 |
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the | 69 |
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation | 70 |
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court | 71 |
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if | 72 |
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal | 73 |
court judges. | 74 |
(1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be | 78 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 79 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 80 |
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 81 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing | 82 |
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall | 83 |
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to | 84 |
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the | 85 |
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by | 86 |
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 87 |
(2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be | 88 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 89 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 90 |
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 91 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing | 92 |
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the | 93 |
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be | 94 |
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors | 95 |
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for | 96 |
the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 97 |
(3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be | 98 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 99 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 100 |
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 101 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing | 102 |
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each | 103 |
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many | 104 |
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be | 105 |
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the | 106 |
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of | 107 |
common pleas. | 108 |
(4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall | 109 |
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 110 |
least fiftyone hundred electors of the territory of the court | 111 |
judicial district of the county from which the candidate seeks | 112 |
election, which petitions shall be signed, verified, and filed in | 113 |
the manner and within the time required by law for nominating | 114 |
petitions for members of council of the city of Cincinnatinot | 115 |
later than four p.m. of the day before the day of the primary | 116 |
election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of the Revised | 117 |
Code. Unless otherwise provided in this section, the petition | 118 |
shall conform to the requirements provided for nominating | 119 |
petitions in section 3513.257 of the Revised Code. The judges | 120 |
shall be elected by the electors of the territory of the court | 121 |
relative judicial district of the county at the regular municipal | 122 |
election and in the manner provided by law for the election of | 123 |
judges of the court of common pleas. | 124 |
(5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall | 125 |
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 126 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition | 127 |
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner | 128 |
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of | 129 |
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices. | 130 |
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of | 131 |
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges | 132 |
of the court of common pleas. | 133 |
(6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford, | 134 |
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Putnam, and | 135 |
Wayne county municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated only | 136 |
by petition. The petitions shall be signed by at least fifty | 137 |
electors of the territory of the court and shall conform to the | 138 |
provisions of this section. | 139 |