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are voters of the City and whose names and addresses shallmust appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A completed petition may consistconsists of one or more papers, but each pages gathered together as a single document. Each separately circulated paper page shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall be a registered voter of the City and shall sign their name and give their street address.The Sponsoring Committee may obtain a sample petition from the Clerk-Administrator. The Clerk-Administrator shall provide the number of signatures for petition sufficiency which is based on the total number of ballots cast for President in 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 or, if such completed petition is deemed insufficient pursuant to this Charter, during any time period that additional signature papers are being circulated by the Sponsoring Committee or reviewed by the Clerk-Administrator pursuant to Section 5.04. Consistent with the provisions of this Charter and the applicable state laws and rules, the Council may prescribe by ordinance or resolution, the definition of a frivolous 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 numbering at least fifteen (15) percent of the total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. • Petitions for Recall require signatures numbering 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 by resolution. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Frivolous 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