Section 41203 - Qualification of candidates; nomination papers; acceptance of nomination(a) Candidates for the charter commission shall be registered voters of the city. They may be nominated by nomination papers signed by a number of qualified electors of the city equal at least to two per centum of the largest entire vote cast for any city officer elected at the last preceding municipal election in the city and filed with the county board of elections not less than forty-four days prior to the date of the election.(b) Each nominating paper shall set forth the names, places of residence, and post-office addresses of the candidate or candidates thereby nominated, that the nomination is for the office of charter commissioner, and that the signers are legally qualified to vote for such candidate or candidates. Every voter signing a nominating paper shall add to his signature his place of residence, post-office address and street number, if any. No voter shall sign a nomination paper or papers for more than the designated number of candidates.(c) Each nominating paper shall, before it may be filed with the county board of elections, contain an acceptance of such nomination in writing, signed by the candidate or candidates therein nominated, upon or annexed to such paper, or if the same person or persons be named in more than one paper, upon or annexed to one of such papers. Such acceptance shall certify that the candidate is a registered voter of the city, that the nominee consents to stand as a candidate at the election, and that if elected he agrees to take office and serve.(d) Each nominating paper shall be verified by an oath or affirmation of one or more of the signers thereof, taken and subscribed before a person qualified under the laws of Pennsylvania to administer an oath, to the effect that the paper was signed by each of the signers thereof in his proper handwriting, that the signers are, to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant, registered voters of the city, and that the nomination paper is prepared and filed in good faith for the sole purpose of endorsing the person or persons named therein for election as stated in the paper.1957, July 15, P.L. 901, § 203.