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<br />as amended. <br /> <br />Any person seeking election to the City Commission who is unable to <br />pay the one percent (1 %) qualifying fee without imposing an undue <br />burden on his or her personal resources or on resources otherwise <br />available to the person shall, upon written certification of such inability <br />given under oath to the City Clerk, be exempt from paying the one <br />percent (1 %) qualifying fee and may qualify to have his or her name <br />placed on the ballot by means of the following petitioning process: <br /> <br />(1) Upon receipt of the written oath from the candidate, the City <br />Clerk shall provide the candidate with petition forms in <br />sufficient numbers to facilitate the gathering of signatures <br />required pursuant to this Section. The petition forms shall <br />indicate the seat for which the candidate is running. <br /> <br />(2) When the candidate has filed the oath and received the <br />petition forms prescribed herein, the candidate may begin to <br />seek signatures on the petitions supporting his or her <br />candidacy. Only signatures of qualified electors of the City of <br />Casselberry shall be counted toward obtaining the number of <br />signatures required in this subsection. The candidate shall <br />obtain 100 signatures of qualified electors or the signatures of <br />a number of qualified electors equal to at least two percent <br />(2%) of the total number of qualified electors, whichever is the <br />lower. <br /> <br />(3) Each petition shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the <br />first business say in 1'.(,J!3(,Jst the second Tuesdav in Julv. The <br />City Clerk shall determine whether the required number of <br />signatures has been obtained for the name of the candidate to <br />be placed on the ballot and shall notify the candidate. <br /> <br />SECTION TWO. SEVERABILITY. If any section or portion of a section of this <br />Ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to impair <br />the validity, force or effect of any other section or part of this Ordinance. <br /> <br />SECTION THREE. CODIFICATION. It is the intention of the City Commission of <br />the City of Casselberry, Florida, and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this <br />Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinance of the City of <br />Casselberry, Florida; that the Sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or re-Iettered <br />to accomplish such intention; that the word, "Ordinance" may be changed to "Section," <br />"Article," or other appropriate word. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 06-1177 <br />Page No.2 <br />