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Section 4.02 Candidates, filing for office Subdivision 1. Affidavit of candidacy. An individual resident of the City who is eligible under state laws and desires to become a candidate for an office to be voted for at the municipal general election shall file an affidavit of candidacy with the municipal clerk. Subject to the approval of the county auditor, the town clerk may authorize candidates for township offices to file affidavits of candidacy with the county auditor. The affidavit shall be in substantially the same form as that in section Minn.Stat. Section 204B.06, subdivision 1. The municipal clerk shall also accept an application signed by not less than five qualified voter residnets of the City and filed on behalf of an eligible voter/resident in the City whom they desire to be a candidate, if service of a copy of the application has been made on the candidate and proof of service is endorsed on the application being filed. Upon receipt of the proper filing fee, the clerk shall place the name of the candidate on the official ballot without partisan designation. Subd. la. Filing period. For all elected city positions, an affidavit of candidacy must be filed not more than 70 days and not less than 56 days before the municipal general election. This time period for filing shall be amended in compliance with Minn.Stat. Section 205.13 governing municipal elections should changes be made by the state legislature. Subd. lb. Absent candidates. A candidate for a elected City position who will be absent from the state during the filing period may submit a properly executed affidavit of candidacy, the appropriate filing fee, and any necessary petitions in person to the filing officer. The candidate shall state in writing the reason for being unable to submit the affidavit during the filing period. The affidavit, filing fee, and petitions must be submitted to the filing officer during the seven days • immediately preceding the candidate's absence from the state. Subd. 2. Notice of filing dates. At least two weeks before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy, the City Clerk shall publish a notice stating the first and last dates on which affidavits of candidacy may be filed in the clerk's office and the closing time for filing on the last day for filing. The Clerk shall then post a similar notice at least ten days before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy. Subd. 3. Filing fees. Unless City charter is amended by law,the amount of the fee for filing an application or affidavit of candidacy for city office,the filing fee for a municipal office is $5 in compliance with state laws for second and third class cities. Subd. 4. Petition in place of fees. A candidate for municipal office may file a petition in place of the filing fees specified in subdivision 3. The petition shall meet the requirements of Minn.Stat. Section 204B.11, subdivision 2. Subd. 5. Withdrawal. A candidate for a municipal elective office may withdraw from the election by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the municipal clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. two days after the last day for filing affidavits of candidacy. Thereafter,no candidate may file an affidavit of withdrawal.