In every general election year, the Executive Director of the State Election Commission and the director of each county board of voter registration and elections shall:
(1) accept filings during the regular business hours on the regular business days of the filing period as required by Section 7-11-15;
(2) place an advertisement to appear two weeks before the filing period begins in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least five by seven inches in size that notifies the public of the dates of the filing periods, the offices that may be filed for, the place and street address where filings may be made, and the hours that an authorized person will be present to receive filings.