Every candidate for a county office shall present a petition to the county auditor of the county in which the candidate resides between the first date candidates may begin circulating nominating petitions according to this chapter and four p.m. of the sixty-fourth day before any primary election. The petition or certificate of endorsement may be filed electronically, through the mail, or by personal delivery. However, the petition or certificate of endorsement must be     complete and in the possession of the county auditor before four p.m. on the sixty-fourth day before the primary election. A petition under this section must include the following:

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1.    The candidate’s name, post-office address, nongovernment issued electronic mail address, and telephone number, the title of the office to which the candidate aspires, the appropriate district number if applicable, and whether the petition is intended for nomination for an unexpired term of office if applicable.

2.    The printed names and signatures of qualified electors, the number of which must be determined as follows:

a.    If the office is a county office, the signatures of not less than two percent of the total vote cast for the office at the most recent general election at which the office was voted upon.

b.    If the office is a county office and multiple candidates were elected to the office at the preceding general election at which the office was voted upon, the signatures of not less than two percent of the votes cast for all candidates divided by the number of candidates that were to be elected to that office.

c.    If the office is a county office and no candidate was elected or no votes were cast for the office at any general election, the number of signers equal to at least two percent of the total average vote cast for the offices of sheriff and county auditor at the most recent general election at which those officers were elected in the petitioner’s county. This average must be determined by dividing by two the total vote cast for those offices.

d.    In no case may more than three hundred signatures be required.

3.    The residential address, mailing address (if different from residential address), and date of signing for each signer. A post office box does not qualify as a residential address. In areas of the state where street addresses are not available, a description of where the residential address is located must be used.