(a) Nominating petitions. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older on the date of the next election, and who is a registered elector that has resided in the Town of Telluride for one year immediately preceding the election may circulate a nominating petition and hold office. Nomination petitions shall comply with Section 2.6 of the Telluride Home Rule Charter and Section 2-1-90 of this Article. Nomination petitions will be issued by the Town Clerk and may be circulated and signed beginning on the ninety-first day and ending on the seventy-first day prior to the day of election. Every petition shall contain a written affidavit of the candidate accepting the nomination and swearing that the candidate satisfies the requirements to be a candidate and to hold office in town. The acceptance of nomination shall include the candidate’s place of residence and the name of the candidate in the form that the candidate wishes it to appear on the ballot. The candidate’s name may be a nickname or include a nickname but shall not contain any title or degree designating the business or profession of the candidate. A nomination petition found insufficient by the Town Clerk may be cured by filing a new petition no later than the close of business on the sixty-sixth day before the election.

(b) Objections to nominations. All petitions of nomination and affidavits that are in apparent conformity with the provisions of this Article and Section 31-10-302 C.R.S as determined by the town clerk are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing within three days after the filing of the same. Objection procedures prescribed in 31-10-305 C.R.S. will be followed.

(c) Withdrawal from nomination. Any person who has been nominated and accepted such nomination may cause their name to be withdrawn from such nomination at any time prior to the 63rd day before the election by filing a written affidavit with the Town Clerk. (Ord. 1356, 2011; Ord. 1562 §1 (Exh. A), 2023)