Except as this charter or a city ordinance prescribes to the contrary, a city election shall conform to state law applicable to the election.
A qualified elector who shall have resided in the city during the 12 months immediately preceding the election or the appointment may be nominated for an elective city office. Nomination petitions shall be in the form and filed in the manner and within the time prescribed by general ordinance. The custodian of city records shall make a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed and shall take and preserve the name and address of the person by whom it is filed.