The clerk shall make a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed and preserve the name and address of the person by whom it is filed. If the petition for any candidate is not signed by the required number of qualified electors or is insufficient in any particular, the clerk shall return it immediately to the person who filed it certifying in writing wherein the petition is insufficient and send a copy of the certification to the candidate. Such deficient petition may be amended and filed again as a new petition for the same candidate within the regular time for filing nomination petitions. (Ord. 14-04-373 § 4)