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the most recent Presidential election. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition shallmust have appended to it include a certificate signed and dated by the circulator, verified by oath,. The certificate shall affirm that each signature appended thereto was made in theirthe circulator’s presence and that the circulator believes them the page to be contain the genuine signatures of the person voters whose names it they purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the City and registered to vote. and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the City and must sign and print their name and give their street address. The completed petition shall be submitted to the Clerk-Administrator for review. Any personvoter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing filed with the Clerk-Administrator before saidthe Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the information related to the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The required number of signers shall be at least fifteen percent for initiative and referendum, and for recall, at least twenty-five percent of the total number of electors who cast their votes for president at the last presidential election. Immediately upon receipt of the petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall examine the petition as to its sufficiency and report to the Council within ten days. Upon receiving the report, the Council shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition. For a petition to be sufficient, it must meet the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following: • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least fifteen (15) percent of the total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. • Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least twenty five (25) percent of the total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. If all requirements have been met, the Clerk-Administrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. Thereafter, the Council shall immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition If the Council determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, the Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall again report to the Council. If the Council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the Clerk-Administrator shall file the petition and notify the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose, nor shall it prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. If the Clerk-Administrator determines that the petition does not meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the Sponsoring Committee and to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As specified in this Charter, the Sponsoring Committee shall have twenty one (21) calendar days to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity. Within nine (9) calendar days of receipt of the